mercy Lorde is all my sute Lorde let thy mercy come The humble sute of the Sinner M. O Lorde of whom I do depend be holde my carefull hart when thy wil pleasure is relese me of my smart thou seest my sorowe what they are my gref is knowne to thee there is none y t can remoue or take the same frō me But only thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy still is prest To ease all those that come to thee for souccour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teres and greuous grone Attende vnto my sute O Lorde Marke well my plaint and mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me aboute That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot release or mitigate thys payne But euen thy Christ my Lord and God whiche for my sinnes was slayne Whose blody woundes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy sainctes beholde them all And so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hynder me a whyle When thou shalt see it good I shall enioye the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels and thy saynctes doo now beholde the same So trust I to possesse that place With them to prayse thy name But whiles I liue here in this vale where sinners doo frequent Assist me euer with thy grace My sinnes still to lament Lest that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Only thy grace must be my staye lest that I fall downe flat And being downe then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once againe my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy Churche and house of sainctes Sing psalmes to thee alwayes The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heauen art lord halowd be thy name Thy kingdō come thy will be don in earth euen as the same in heauē is Gene vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptatiō lead vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thyne bothe now and euer be The x. Commaundements Audi Israell Exod. xx N HArk Israel what I say geue hede to vnderstād I am the lord thy God y t brought thee out of Egipt land euen frō the house wherin thou didst in thraldō liue a slaue Non other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted be Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth belowe Nor in waters beneth the earth to them thou shalt not bowe Nor shalt them serue The Lorde thy God a ielous God am I That punish parents faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy doo display To thousands of suche as me loue and my precepts obey The name thou of the Lorde thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne the Lorde shall not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Sabbat day Six daies thou labour shalt and doo thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke shalt thou doo in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruaunt nor handmayd thine oxe nor yet thine asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in six dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did Upon the seuenth take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him self alone apointed to remayne Yeld honor to thy parentes that prolonged thy dayes may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath geuen thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adulterye Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neyghbor doth belong Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wyfe to doo him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asseof his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbor proper is FINIS ⧠PSALMES OF DAVID Beatus vir Psalme i. T. S. Whether it was Esdras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set thys Psalme firste in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffecte herof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their life to Gods lawe And that the wicked contemners of God though they seme for a whyle fortunate yet at lengthe shall come to miserable destruction 1_THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair 2. But in the law of god y e lord both set his whole delight in that law doth exercise him selfe both day night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Whiche bringeth forth most pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall But florish still and stand Euen so all thinges shall prosper well that this man taketh inhand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men Although the wicked seme to beare the swing in this worlde yet the lorde scattereth them likechaffe with a blaste of his mouthe they shalbe nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the windes dryue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stande vpryght Nor yet the sinners with the iust shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of Godly men vnto the Lorde is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quyte be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalm ii T. S. Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding hys enemies rage worldely power yet God wil continue hys kyngdome for euer and aduaūce it euen to the formost ende of the worlde And therfore be exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory apart they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke Herein is signified Chryste and hys kyngdome WHy did the Gentiles tumultesraise Sing this psalme with the first tune what rage was in their braine Why dyd the Iewish people muse seyng all is but vayne verse 2 The kinges and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shall we be bounde to them say they let all theyr bondes be broke Inheb greate ropes or cables And of their doctrine and theyr lawe let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes throughout the
and also proued by manifolde experience howe ready God was at hande in all hys troubles he beyng now likewise in daunger of new enemies desireth God to help hym accordyng to hys wont and distroye the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaryes WIth hart and mouthe vnto the Lorde will I syng laude and prayse Sing this as the. iii. ps And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will be glad and muche reioyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the sterry skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flyght They fall downe flat and are destroyd by thy great force and might Thou hast reuenged all my wrong God only defēdeth the iuste cause my grief and all my grudge verse 4 Thou dost with iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the Heathen folke and wicked so confounde That afterwarde the memory of them cannot be founde verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatche and all our townes destroyed Thou hast theyr fame with thē defaced through all the world so wyde verse 7 Know thou that he whiche is aboue for euermore shall raygne And in the seate of equitie true iudgement wil mainteyne verse 8 With iustice he wyll kepe and guyde the worlde and euery weight And so will yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what tyme they be opprest He is in all aduersitie their refuge and theyr rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not theyr sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lorde We seke God there by prayer or by vpright godly lyfe that dwelleth in Sion hill Publishe amonge all nations his noble artes and will verse 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of those that be opprest For getting not the afflicted hart that seketh to him for rest The second parte verse 13 Haue mercy Lorde on me poore wretche whose enemies still remayne Which from the gates of death are wonte to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lorde my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their owne fete fast are snarde verse 16 God sheweth his iudgement which wer good The hebr willeth men to meditate dilygently on thys thynge for euery man to marke When as ye see the wicked man lye trapt in his owne warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go downe to hell for euer And all the people of the worlde that will not god remember verse 18 18 But sure the Lorde will not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient folke neuer loke for helpe of God in dayne verse 19 O Lorde arise lest men preuayle that be of worldly might And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord stryke such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortall men Vt quid domine Psalme x. T. S. He complaineth of the fraude rapine tiranny and of all kindes of wrong which worldly men vse assigninge the cause thereof whiche was that wicked men beinge as it were dronken with worldly prosperitie and therfore setting aparte all feare and reuerence towardes God thinke they may doe all thinges without controwlinge Therfore he calleth vppon God to sende some remeady agaynst these desperate enyls And at length comforteth him selfe with hope of deliuerance WHat is the cause that thou O Lorde art now so sarre from thine Sing this as the thirde Psalme And kepest close thy countenaunce from vs this troublous time verse 1 The poore doth pearysh by the proude and wicked mens desire Let them be taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his owne hart the vngodly doth delite So doth the wicked praise hym selfe and doeth the Lorde despite verse 4 4 He is so proude that right and wrong he setteth all apart Nay nay there is no God sayeth he for thus he thinketh in hart verse 5 Because his wayes do prosper still he doth thy lawes neglect And with a blast doth puffe against suche as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saieth he I haue no dread lest mine estate should chaunge And why for all aduersitie to him is very straunge verse 7 His mouth is full of cursednes He meaneth that wickednes is so far ouergrowē that God must nedes nowe helpe or neuer of fraud deceyt and guyle Under his tong doeth mischiefsyt and trauell all the whyle verse 8 He lyeth hid in wayes and holes to slay the innocent Against the poore that passe him by hys cruell eyes are bent verse 9 And like a Lyon priuely lieth lurking in his den If he may snare them in his net to spoyle poore simple men verse 10 And for the nonce full craftely he croucheth downe I say verse 11 So are greate heapes of poore men made by his strong power his pray verse 12 Tush God forgetteth this sayeth he therfore may I be bolde His countenance is cast aside he doth it not beholde verse 13 Arise O Lorde G God in wome the poore mans hope doth rest Lift vp thy hand forget not Lorde the poore that be opprest verse 14 What blasphemy is thys to thee Lorde dost thou not abhorre it To heare the wicked in theyr hartes say tushe thou carest not for it verse 15 But thou seest all thys wickednes and well doest vnderstande verse 16 That frendles and poore fatherles are left into thy hande verse 17 Of wicked and malicions men By the Heathen he meaneth the Hypocrites whyche gloryed as yf they had bene of the churche then breake the power for euer That they with theyr iniquytie may pearish altogether verse 18 The Lorde shall raine for euermore as king and God alone And he will chase the Heathen folke out of hys lande eche one verse 19 Thou hearest O Lord the poore mans plaint vntyll theyr praiers request Their harts thou wilt confirme thine eares to heare be prest verse 20 To iudge the poore and fatherles and helpe them to their right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psalm xi T. S. This Psalme conteyneth two partes In the firste Dauid shewed how hard assaultes of temtations he susteyned and in howe great anguish of mind he was when Saul did persecute hym Then nexte he reioyseth that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iustice as wel in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde I Trust in God how dare ye then say thus my soule vntill Sing this as the third Psalme Flee hence as fast as any foule
and hide you in youre hyll verse 2 Beholde the wicked bende theyr bowes and make their arrowes prest To shote in secret and to hurte the sound and harmeles brest verse 3 Of worldly hope and stayes were shrunke and clearly brought to nought Alas the iust and rightuous man what euill hath he wrought verse 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauens hath his seate of royall maiestie The poore and simple mans estate All thinges are gouerned by gods prouidēce considereth in his minde And searcheth out full narowly the maners of mankinde verse 5 And with a cherefull countenaunce the rightuous man will vse But in his harte he doth abhorre all suche as mischiefmuse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne ▪ Fire and brimstone and whirle windes thicke As in the distruction of Sodom and Gomo appoynted for theyr payne verse 7 Ye see then how a righteous God doeth righteousnes embrace And to the iust and vpryght man sheweth forth his pleasant face Saluum mefac Deus Psalm xii T. S. The Prophet learnyng the miserable estate of the people and the decaye of all good order desyreth God spedely to sende succor to his children Then comfortyng himselfe others with thassuraunce of gods helpe he commendeth the constant beritye that God obserueth in keping his promises concluding that when all orders are most corrupted then will God delyuer hys HElpe Lorde for good and godly men Sing this as the third psalme doo perysh and decay And fayth and truth from worldly men is parted cleane away verse 2 Who so doeth with his neighboure talke his talke is all but vayne For euery man bethinketh how to flatter lye and fayne verse 3 But flatteryng and deceitfull lippes and tounges that be so stoute To speake proud words make great bragges the Lorde soone cut them out verse 4 For they say still we wyll preuayle our tonges shall vsextoll Oure tonges are ours we ought to speake what Lorde shall vs controll verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry The lord doth deliuer from all daungers of poore and men opprest Arise will I now sayeth the Lorde and them restore to rest verse 6 6 Gods worde is lyke to siluer pure that from the earth is tried And hath no les then seuen times in fire bene puryfyed verse 7 Now since thy promise is to helpe God can not deceue them that put theyr trust in him Lorde kepe thy promise then And saue vs now and euermore from this ill kinde of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischief manifolde When vanitie with mortall men so highly is extolde Vsquequo domine Psalme xiii T. S. Dauid as it were ouercomen with sundry and new afflictions fleeth to God as his onely refuge and so at the length being encouraged through Gods promises he conceyueth moste sure confidence againste the extreame horrors of deathe HOwe longe wilt thou forget me Lorde shall I neuer be remembred Sing this Psalm with the iii. tune ▪ How long wilt thou thy visage hide as though thou were offended verse 2 In hart and mynde how longe shall I. with care tormented be Howe longe eke shall my deadly foe thus tryumphe ouer me verse 3 Beholde me now my Lorde my God and heare me sore opprest Lighten mine eyes lest that I slepe as one by death possest verse 4 Lest this mine enemie sai to me beholde I doo preuayle Lest they also that hate my soule reioyse to see me quayle verse 5 But for thy mercyes and goodnes The mercye of God is the cause of our saluation my hope shall neuer start In thy relife and sauing health right glad shall be my hart verse 6 I will geue thankes vnto the Lorde and prayses to hym syng Because he hathe hard my request and graunted my wishyng Dixit insipiens Psalme xiiii T. S. He described the peruerse nature of men whiche were so growen to licenciousnes that God was brought to vtter cotempt for the which thing although he was greatly greued yet being perswaded that god would send som present remedy he comfort him selfe and others THere is no God as folish mē affirm in their mad mode their drifts ar al corrupt and vain not one of thē doth good The lord beheld frō heauen hie y e whole race of mākind and saw not one y t sought in dede y e liuing god to find verse 3 They went all wide and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the worlde did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all theyr indgement so farre lost that all worke mischief styll Eatyng my people euen as breade not one to seke Gods wyll verse 5 When they thus rage then sodenly great feare on them shall fall For God doth loue the rightuous men and will maintayne them all verse 6 He mocke the doinges of the poore to theyr reproche and shame Because they put theyr trust in God and call vpon hys name verse 7 But who shall geue thy people health and when wilt thou fulfill Where wicked men raine all felicitie is but very slauery lyke to Egipte or Babilon The promise made to Israell from out of Sion hill verse 8 Euen when thou shalt restore agayne suche as were captiues lad Then Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israell shall be glad Domine quis habitabit Psalm xv T. S This Psalme teacheth on what condition Goddid chuse the Jewes for his peculiar people and wherfore he placed his Temple amonge them whyche was to thentent that they by liuing vprightly godly might witnes that they were his speciall and holy people O Lorde with in thy tabernacle Sing thisas thr iiii Psa. who shall inhabite styll Or whom wilt thou receyue to dwell in thy most holy hill verse 2 The man whose lyfe is vncorrupt whose workes are iust and streit Whose hart doth thinke the very truthe whose tong speaketh no deceyt verse 3 Nor to his neyghboure doth none ill in body goods or name Nor willingly doeth moue salse tales which might empere the same verse 4 That in hys hart regardeth not malicious wicked men But those that loue and feare the Lorde he maketh muche of them verse 5 His othe and all his promises that kepeth faithfully Although he make his couenaunt so that he doth lose therby verse 6 That put teth not to vsury hys money and hys coyne Them the which doo not this shalbe cast out of the church with Ismaelli and the hipocrites Ne for to hurt the innocent doeth brybe or els purloyne verse 7 Who so doeth all thynges as you see that here is to be done Shall neuer perish in thys world nor in the worlde to come Conserua me domine psalm xvi T. S. Dauid prayeth to God for succor not for hys workes but for hys faithes sake protestyng that he hateth all Idolatry takyng God only for hys comforte and felicytie who suffereth hys to lacke nothing LOrde
signyfied by Sion and Ierusalem for the chosing preseruation and gouernaunce of them and for the plentyfull blessings powred forth vpon all the earthe THy prayse alone O Lorde doth reigne in Sion thine owne hill Theyr vowes to thee they doo maintaine Sing this as the. xxx psalme and their behestes fullfill verse 2 For that thou doest theyr prayer heare and dost therfo agree Thy people al bothe far and neare with trust shall come to thee verse 3 Our wicked lyfe so farre excedes that we should fall therin But Lorde forgeue our great misdeedes and purge vs from out synne verse 4 The man is blest whom thou doest chuse within thy courte to dwell Thy house and temple be shall vse with pleasures that excell verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth ryse The hope of all the earth abrode and the sea coasts likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compasd with thy power Thou makst the mountayns strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou dost asswage and make their streames full styll Thou dost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy will verse 8 The folke that dwell full farre on earth shall dread thy signes to see Whiche morne and euen in great mirth doo passe with prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and drye and thirsteth more and more Then with thy dropes thou dost applye and muche encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerflow and so doth cause to sprynge The seede and corne which men doo sow for he doth guide the thing verse 11 With wete thou dost her forowes fill wherby her cloddes doo fall Thy drops to her thou dost distill and bles her frute withall verse 12 Thou deckst the earth of thy good grace with fayre and pleasaunt crop Thy cloudes distill theyr deaw a pace great plenty they doo drop verse 13 wherby the desert shall begin full great encrease to bryng The litle hilles shall ioy therin muche frute in them shall spryng verse 14 In places playne the flocke shall fede and couer all the earth The valies with corne shall so excede that men shall sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra Psal. lxvl. T. S. He prouoketh all men to prayse the Lorde to considre his workes rehersing two thinges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath delyuered Israell from great bondage and afflictions ▪ he promiseth to geue sacryfyce and prouoke all men to heare what God hath done for hym and to prayse hys name YE men on earth in God reioyce Sing this as the. xviii Ps with prayse set forth his name Extoll his might with hart and voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wonderfull O Lorde say ye in all thy workes thou art Thy foes for feare doo seke to thee full sore agaynst theyr hart verse 3 All men that dwell the earth throughout doo prayse the name of God The laude therof the worlde about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 All folke come forth beholde and see what things the Lord hath wrought Mark wel the wōdrous works that he for man to passe hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hye therin away they had On fote to pas both fair and drye wherof theyr harts were glad verse 6 His might doth rule the world alwaye his eyes all thynges be hold All suche as would him disobey by hym shalbe controld verse 7 ye people geue vnto our God due laude and thankes alwayes With ioyfull voyce declare abrode and syng vnto hys prayse verse 8 Whiche doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with all He stayeth our fete so that no stryfe can make vs slippe or fall verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they will abyde As workmen doo when they desyre to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The secōde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ryde and raygne Though we through fyre and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 yet sure thou dost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bring vs out into a place to liue in wealth and rest verse 13 Unto thy house resort will I to offer and to pray And there I will my selfe applye my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in all my grief and smart The vowes I say whiche I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offringe I will geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shalbe of bullockes goates and lamkes verse 16 Come forth and harken here full sone all ye that feare the Lorde what he for my poore soule hath done to you I will record verse 17 Full oft I call vpon hys grace thys mouth to him doth crye And thou my tonge make spede apace to prayse hym by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delyte to syn God will not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voice hath heard and what I doo require My prayer he doth well regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 All prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mynde Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I doo euer fynde Deus misereatur nostri Psalme lxvii I. H. A swete prayer for all the faythfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lyghtened with hys countenaunce to thende that hys way and iudgements may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernor of all nations HAue mercy on vs Lorde Sing this as the. xxx psalme and graunte to ps thy grace To shew to vs doo thou accorde the bryghtnes of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may knowe thy way to godly wealth And all the nations on a row may see thy sauyng health verse 3 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name O let the people all abrode Extoll and laude the same verse 4 Thoroughout the worlde so wyde let all reioyce with mirth For thou with truth right dost guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people all abrode extoll and laude the same verse 6 Then shall the earth encrease Great store of frute shall fall And then our God the God of peace Shall bles vs eke with all God shall vs bles I say and then bothe farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shall stande in feare Exurgat deus Psal. lxviii T. S. In this Psalm Dauid setteth forth as in a glas the wonderfull mee mercyes of God towardes his people who by all meanes and moste
The hie hilles are succours for wilde goates to rest And eke the rocks stonye for conyes to hyde verse 19 The moone then is set her seasons to runne The dayes from the nightes therby to discearne And by thee descending also of the sunne The colde from heate alway therby we do learne verse 20 When darkenes doth come by Gods will and power Then crepe forth doo all the beastes of the wood verse 21 21 The lions range roaring their pray to deuoure But yet it is thou Lord which giuest them foode verse 22 Assone as the sunne is vp they retyre To touche in theyr dennes then are they full fayne verse 23 That man doo his worke may as right doth require Till night come and call him to take rest agayne The thirde parte verse 24 How sondry O Lorde are all thy workes founde With wisdom full great they are in dede wrought So that the whole worlde of thy prayse doth sounde And as for thy ryches they passe all mens thought verse 25 So is the great sea which large is and broade Where thinges that crepe swarme and beastes of eche sorte verse 26 There both mightie shippes saile and some lye at roade The whale huge and monstrous there also doth sporte verse 27 All thinges on thee wayte thou doest them relieue And thou in due tyme full well doest them fede verse 28 28 Now when it doth please thee the same so to geue They gather full gladly those thinges which they nede Thou openest thyne hand and they finde suche grace That they with good thinges are filled we see verse 29 But sore are they troubled if thou turne thy face For if thou their breath take vile dust then they be verse 30 Againe when thy sprite from thee doth procede All things to appoint and what shall insue Then are they created as thou hast decreed And doest by thy goodnes the drye earth renew verse 31 The prayse of the Lorde for euer shall last Who may in his workes by right well reioyce verse 32 His loke can the earth make to tremble full fast And likewise the mountains to smoke at his voyce verse 33 To thys Lorde and God sing will I alwayes So longe as I liue my God prayse wyll I verse 34 Then am I most certayne my wordes shall him please I will reioyce in him to him will I cry verse 35 The sinners O Lorde consume in thine ire And eke the peruerse them roote out with shame But as for my soule now let it still desire And say with the faithful prayse ye the Lordes Name Confitemini domino Psalm Cv. N. He prayseth the singuler goodnes of God who hathe of all the people of the worlde chosen a peculier people to him selfe and hauyng chosen them neuer ceaseth to doo them good euen for his promes sake GEue prayses vnto God the Lorde and call vpon his name Among the people eke declare his workes to spred his fame Sing this as the. lxxxxv Singye vnto the Lorde I say and sing vnto him prayse And talke of all the wondrous workes that he hath wrought alwayes In honor of his holy name reioyse with one accorde And let the hart also reioyse of them that seke the Lorde Seke ye the Lord and seke the strength of his eternall might And seke his face continually And presence of his sight The wondrous works that he hath don kepe still in mindfull hart Ne let the iugements of his mouth out of your minde depart Ye that of faithfull Abraham his seruant are the sede ye his elect the children that of Iacob doo procede For he he only is I say the myghty Lord our God And his most rightfull iugements are through all the earth abrode His promise and his couenant whiche he hath made to his He hath remembred euermore to thousandes of degrees The. ii parte The couenant which he hath made with Abraham long agoe And faithfull othe which he hath sworne to Isaac also And did confirme the same for law that Iacob should obey And for eternall couenant to Israell foray when thus he said loe I to you all Canaan land will geue The lot of your inheritance wherin your sede shall lyue Although their number at that tyme did very small appeare yea very small and in the land they then but strangers were Whyle yet they walkt from land to lande without a sure abode And while fro sondry kingdomes they did wander all abrode And wrong at none oppressers hand he suffred them to take But euen the great and mighty kinges reproued for their sake And thus he sayd touche ye not those that mine anoynted be Ne doo the prophets any harme that doo pertayne to me He calld a dearth vpon the land of death he stroyed the store But he against their time of nede had sent a man before The third parte Euen Ioseph which had once ben solde to liue a slaue in woe Whose feete they hurt in stocks whose soule the iron pearst also Untill the tyme came when his cause was knowne apparantly The mighty word of God the Lord his faultles truth did trye The king sent and deliuerd him from prison where he was The ruler of the people then did freely let hym pas And ouer all hys house he made him Lorde to beare the swey and of his substance made him haue the rule and all the stay That he might to his will instruct the princes of his land And wisdomes lore his auncyent men might teache to vnderstand Then into the Egiptian land came Israell also And Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger thoo His people he excedingly in number made to flowe And ouer all their enemies in strength he made them growe whose hart he turnd that they with hate his people did entreate And did his seruantes wrongfully Abuse with false deceite His faithfull seruant Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did commaund to goe to them his message to disclose The wondrous message of his signes among them they did shewe And wonders in the land of Ham then did they worke also Darknes he sent and made it darke in dede of brighter day And vnto his commission they did not disobey He turnd theyr waters into bloud he did their fishes slay Their land brought frogs euē in y t place where their king Pharao lay He spake and at his voyce there came great swarmes of noysome flyes And all the quarters of theyr land were filld with crauling lyse He gaue them colde and stony hayle in stede of milder rayne And firy flames within theyr land he sent vnto theyr payne He smote their vines and al theyr trees wheron their figges did growe And all the trees within their coastes downe did he ouerthrowe He spake then caterpillers did and greshoppers abound Which eate the grasse in all their land and frute of all their ground The. v. parte The first begotten in their land eke deadly did he smite yea the beginning and first
to thy moste blessed will not for the worthines thereof but for the merites of thy dearelye beloued sonne Iesus Christ our only Sauior whom thou hast already geuen an oblation and offering for oure sinnes for whose sake we are certenlye perswaded that thou wilte denie vs nothing that we shall aske in his name according to thy will For thy spirit doth assure our consciences that thou art our mercifull father and so louest vs thy children through hym that nothing is able to remoue thy heauēly grace and fauoure from vs to thee therfore O father with the sonne and the holy Ghoste be all honor glory worlde without ende Sobeit ☞ A Prayer to be sayde before a man begin his worke O Lorde God most mercifull father and Sauiour seyng it hath pleased thee to cōmaūd vs to traueil that we may releue our nede webeseche thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour that thy blessing may extend vnto vs without the whiche we are not able to continue and that this great fauour may be a witnes vnto vs of thy boūtifulnes assistance so that therby we may know the fatherly care that thou hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lord we beseche thee that thou woldest strengthen vs with thine holye spirite that we may faithfully trauaill in oure estate and vocation without fraude or deceit that we maye indeuour our selus to folow thine holy ordinance rather then to seke to satisfye our gridie affectiōs or desire to gayne And if it please thee O Lorde to prosper our labour geue vs a mind also to help thē that haue nede according to that abilitie that that thou of thy mercy shalte geue vs and knowing that all good things come of thee graunt that we may humble oure selues to our neyghbours not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them whiche haue not receyued so liberalla portion as of thy mercy thou haste geuen vnto vs. And if it please thee to try and exercise vs by greater pouertie and nede then our flesh would desire that thou woldest yet O Lorde graunt vs grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish vs continually through thy bountifull liberalitie that we be not so tempted that we fall into distrust but that we may paciētly wayte tyll thou fill vs not only with corporall graces and benefites but chiefly with thine heauēlye and spirituall treasures to the intent that we maye alwayes haue more ample occasion to geue thee thankes and so wolly to rest vpon thy mereyes Heare vs O Lorde of mercy through Iesus Christ thy Sonne our Lorde Amen A Prayer for the hole state of Christes church ALmyghtye God and most mercifull father we humbly submit ourselues and fal downe before thy Maiestie beseching thee from the botome of oure hates that thys sede of thy worde nowe sowen amongest vs may take suche deepe rote that neyther the burning heat of persecution cause it to wither neither thorny cares of thys life choke it but that as sede sowen in good ground it may brynge foorth thirtie sixtie and an hundreth folde as thy heauenly wysdom hath appointed And because we haue nede cōtinually to craue many thyngs at thy handes we humbly beseche thee O heauenly father to graunt vs thy holy spirite to directe our petitions that they may procede frō suche a feruente minde as may be agreable to thy most blessed will And seing that our infirmitie is hable to doo nothing withoute thy helpe and that thou art not ignorant with how many and great temptations we poore wretches are on euery syde enclosed and compassed Let thy strength o lord sustayne oure weaknes that we being defended with the force of thy grace may be safely preserued against all assaults of Sathan who goeth about continually like a roring Lion seking to deuoure vs. Encrease our fayth o merciful father that we do not swarue at any time frō thy heauenlyword but augment in vs hope and loue with a carefull keping of all thy commaundements that no hardnes of harte no Ipocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw vs away from thy obedience And seyng we liue now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly prouidence defend vs againste the violence of our enemies whiche doo seke by all meanes to oppres thy truth Furthermore for as much as by thy holy apostle we be taught to make our prayers and supplication for all menne We pray not only for oureselues here present but beseche thee also to reduce all such as be yet ignorant from the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and errours to the pure vnderstanding and knowledge of thy heauenly truthe that we all with one consent and vnitie of mindes may worship thee our only God and sauior And that all pastors shepeheards ministers to whō thou hast committed the dispensation of thy holye worde and charge of thy chosen people may both in theyr lyfe doctrine befound faythfull setting onely before theyr eyes thy glory and that by thē all poore shepe which wander and go astray may be gathered and brought home to thy folde Moreouer because the hartes of rulers are in thy handes We beseche thee to direct and gouern the harts of all kinges princes and maistrats to whō thou hast committed the sword especially O lord according to oure bounden dutye we beseche thee to mainteine and encrease the honorable estate of the Queenes maiestie and all her most noble coūsellers and maiestrates and all the whole bodye of thys commune weale Let thy fatherly fauor so preserue them and thy holy spirit so gouerne their harts y t they may in such sort execute theyr office that thy relygion may be purely mainteined maners reformed and sin punished accordynge to the precise rule of thy holy word And for that we be all members of the mistical body of Iesus Christ we make our requests vnto thee O heauenly father for all suche as are afflicted with any kind of cros or tribulation as warre plage famyne sicknes pouertie imprisonmente persecution banishment or any other kinde of thy rods whether it be calamitie of body or vexatiō of mind that it wold please the to geue them pacience and constancye til thou send them full deliuerance of all theyr troubles Rote out from hence O Lorde all rauening wolues which to fyll theyr bellyes seke to destroy thy flock And shew thy great mercyes vpon those our brethren in other countreis which are persecuted cast into prison and daily condemned for the testimony of thy truth And though they be vtterlye destitute of all mans aide yet let thy swete cōfort neuer depart from them but so inflame theyr hartes with thy holy spirit that they may boldlye and chearfully abyde such triall as thy godly wisdome shall appoynt So that at length as wel by theyr deathe as by their lyfe the kingdome of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ may increase and shine throughe all the worlde In whose name we make hurt humble peticions to thee as he hathe taught
to want their fode And calling to remembraunee His mercy euery dele Hath holpen vp assistantly His seruaunt Israell According to his promise made To Abraham before And to his sede successiuely To stande for euermore The song of Simeon called Nunc dimittis S. O Lord because my harts desire hath wished long to see my only Lord sauiour thy sonne before I die the ioye and health of all mankind desired long before which now is come in to the worlde of mercy bringing store Thou sufferest thyseruaunt now In peace for to depart According to thy holy word which lighteneth my hart Because mine eies whiche thou hast made To geue my body light Haue now behelde thy sauing health which is the Lord of might Whom thou mercifully hast set Of thine aboundant grace In open sight and visible Before all people face The Gentils to illuminate And Sathan ouer quell And eke to be the glory of Thy people Israell ☞ The Crede of Athanasius N WHat man soeuer he be that saluation will attayne the catholike belefe he muste before all thinges retayne which faith vnles he holy kepe and vndefiledly without al doubt eternally he shalbe sure to dye The Catholike belefe is this that God we worship one In Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie alone So as we neyther doo confound the persons of the three Nor yet the substance whole of one In sunder parted be One person of the father is an other of the Sonne An other person propre of the holy Ghost alone Of Father Sonne and holy Ghost but one the Godhed is Like glory coeternall eke the maiestie likewise Suche as the father is such is the Sonne in eche degree And suche also we do beleue the holy Ghost to be Nncreat is the Father and vncreat is the Sonne The holy Ghost vncreate so vncreat is eche one In comprehensible Father is Incomprehensible Sonne And comprehensible also is The holy Ghost of none The Father is eternall and the Sonne eternall so And in like sort eternall is the holy Ghost also And yet though we beleue that eche of these eternall be Yet there but one eternall is and not eternals three As ne incomprensible we ne yet vncreat three But one incomprensible one vncreat holde to be Almightie so the father is the sonne almightye so And in like sort almightye is the holy Ghost also And albeit that euery one of these almightie be Yet there but one almightie is and not almighties three The Father God is God the Sonne God holy Ghost also Yet are there not three Gods in all but one God and nâ—mo So likewise Lorde the Father is and Lorde also the Sonne And Lord the holy Ghost yet are there not three Lordes but one For as we are compeld to graunt by Christian veritie Eche of the persons by himselfe both God and Lord to be So Catholick religion for biddeth vs alway That eyther Gods be three or that there Lordes be three to say Of none the father is ne made ne creat nor begot The Sonne is of the Father not creat ne made but got The holy Ghost is of them both the father and the Sonne Ne made ne creat nor begot but doth procede alone So we one Father hold not three one Sonne also not three One holy Ghost alone and not three holy Ghostes to be None in this Trinitie before nor after other is Ne greater any then the rest ne lesser be likewise But euery one amonge them selues of all the persons three Together coeternall all and all coequall be So vnitie in Trinitie as said it is before And Trinitie in vnitie in all things we adore Therfore what man so euer that saluation will attayne This faith touching the Trinitie of force he must reteyne And nedefull to eternall life it is that euery wight Of the incarnating of Christ our Lord beleue a right For this the right faith is that we beleue and eke beknow That Christ our Lorde the son of God is God and man also God of his fathers substaunce got before the world began And of his mothers substance borne in worlde a very man Both perfect God and perfect man in one one Iesus Christ That doth of resonable soule an humane flesh subsist Touching his Godhed egall with his father God is he Touching his manhed lower then his father in degree Who though he be both very God and very man also yet is he but one Christ alone and is not persons two One not by turning of Godhed into the flesh of man But by taking manhod to God this beyng one began All one not byconfounding of the substance into one But onely by the vnitie that is of one persone For as the reasonable soule and flesh but one man is So in one persone God and man is but one Christ likewise Who suffred for to saue vs all to hell he did descend The third day rose agayne from dead to heauen he did ascend He sittes at the right hand of God thalmightie father there From thence to iudge the quick and dead againe he shall retire At whose returne all men shall rise with bodies new restorde And of theyr owne workes they shall geue accompt vnto the Lorde And they into eternall lyfe shall go that haue done well Who haue done ill shall go into eternall fire to dwell This is the catholike belefe who doth not faithfully Beleue the same without all dout he saued can not be To Father Sonne and holy Ghost all glory be therfore As in beginning was is now and shalbe euermore The Lamentation of a Sinner M O Lord turn not away thy face froÌ„ him that lieth prostrate Lamenting sore his sinfull lyfe before thy mercy gate Which gate thou openest wide to those that doo lament their sinne shut not y t gate against me lord but let me enter in And call me not to mine accompts How I haue liued here For then I know right well O Lorde How vile I shall appere I nede not to confesse my lyfe I am sure thou canst tell what I haue ben and what I am I know thou knowest it well O lord thou knowest what things be past And eke the thinges that be Thou knowest also what is to come Nothing is hid from thee Before the heauens earth were made Thou knowest what thinges were then As all things els that hath bene since Among the sonnes of men And can the thinges that I haue done Be hidden from thee then Nay nay thou knowest them all O Lord where they were done and when wherfore with teares I come to thee To begge and to entreat Euen as the child thht hath done euill And feareth to be beat So come I to thy mercy gate where mercy doth abound Requiring mercy for my sinne Toheale my deadly wound O Lorde I nede not to repete what I doo beg or craue Thou knowest O Lorde before I aske The thing that I would haue Mercy good Lorde mercy I aske This is the totall summe For
he desireth forgeuenes be wayling that if God toke him away in hys indignation he shoulde lacke occasion to praise him as he was wonte to doo whilest he was amongest men Then so deinly felyng Gods mercy he sharpely rebuketh his enemyes which reioyseth in hys afliction LOrd in thy wrath reproue me not though I deserue thyne ire Ne yet correcte me in thy rage O Lorde I thee desire For I am weake therfore O Lorde of mercy me forbeare and heale me Lorde for why thou knowest my bones do quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lorde how long wilt thou delay to cure my miserie verse 4 4 Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace my sely soule vp take Oh saue me not for my desertes but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead He feared not so muche the death of the body but trembled as it werfor fear of gods iudgement so waxed dimand cold not praise God remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worship thee O Lorde in the infernall pit verse 6 So greuous is my plaint and mone that I waxe wonderous faint All the night long I wash my bed with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dymme and waxetholde with anguishe of mine hert Heb. mine eye is eaten as with wormes For feare of those that be my foes and would my soulesubuert verse 8 But nowe a way from me all ye God sendeth comfort boldenes in affliction that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath heard the woyce of my complaint and crye verse 9 He heard not onely the request and praier of my heart But it receiued at my hande and toke it in good part verse 10 And nowe my foes that vexed me the Lord will sone defame And sodenly confunde them all to theyr rebuke and shame Domine deus meus in te speraui Psal. vii T. S. Dauid being falsely accused by Thus one of Sauls kinsmen he calleth to God to be hys defender to whom he commendeth hys innocency Firste shewyng that hys conscience dyd not accuse hym of any euyll towards Saule Next that it touched gods glory to awarde sentence against the wicked And so entring in to the consideration of Gods mercies and promises hewaxeth bolde derideth the vaine enterprises of his enemies threatning that it shall fall on theyr owne necks that which they haue purposed for others O Lorde my God I put my trust Sing this as the thirde psalme and confidence in thee Saue me from them that me pursue and eke deliuer me verse 2 Lest like a Lyon he me teare and rent in pieces small While there is none to succor me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lorde my God If I haue done Where with Thus chargeth me He reioyseth that God only hath aproued hys cause the thyug that is not ryght Or ells if I be found in faut or giltie in thy syght verse 4 Or to my frend rewarded euyll or left him in distres Which me pursued most cruelly and hated me causeles verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soule A sygne of a pure conscieÌ„ce and eke my life downe thrust Unto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath Selah and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me whyche wrong sustayne verse 7 Then shall great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of them thy selfe as Lorde and king As touchyng my behauor towardes Saul and mine enemyes verse 8 And thou that art of all men iudge O Lorde now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and mine integritie The second parte verse 9 Lorde cease the heart of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secretes of all hartes are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in all my grief and smarte That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect heart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked bothe God iudgeth by his poure So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre He derideth Sauls enterprises beyng surely perswaded to be preseruedby Gods fauour verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I die for euen as he should smite He whet his sword his bow he bendth ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doeth prepare his mortall dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that doo me persecute The wicked sâ—me to labor of child â—â—ll thâ—y haue coÌ„fessed theâ—â— â–ª whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But we though he in trauell be of his deuilish fore cast And of his mischief once conceiued yet bringeth forth nought at last verse 16 He digth a ditche and delueth it depe The wicked maÌ„ is beat with his owne rod. In hope to hurte his brother But he shall fall into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bread And all the mischief that he wrought shall fall vpon his head verse 18 I will geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth rightuously And with my song prayse will the name of hym that is most hye Domine Deus noster Psal. viii Tho. Ster The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towards man whom he made as it were a God ouerall his workes doth not only geue great thanks but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothinge hable to compasse suche greate mercies and so endeth O God our Lord how wonderfull Sing this as the thirde psalme are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmounte in dignitie aboue the heauens cleare verse 2 Euen by the mouthes of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heauens highe the workes of thine owne hand The Sunne the Mone and al the Starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lorde thinke I then that thou doest him remember Or what is mans posteritie that thou doest it considre verse 5 For thou hast made him litle les Herein appeareth the greate loue of god toward man Hebr. 2. then Angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dygnitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lorde of all thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set all thinges that he should kepe them vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat all beastes els that in the fieldes doo fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fishe in the sea and all that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once agayne O God that art our Lorde How famous and how wonderfull are thy works through the world Confitebor tibi domine in toto Psalm ix T. S. After he had geuen thankes to God for the sundry victoryes that he had sent hym against his enemies
kepe me for I trust in thee and doo confesse in dede Sing thisas the xiiii psal Thou art my God and of my good O Lorde thou hast no nede verse 2 I geue my goodnes to the sainctes that in the worlde doo dwell And namely to the faithfull flocke in vertue that excell verse 3 They shall heape sorowes on their heds which runne as they were mad To offer to the Idols gods alas it is to bad verse 4 As for theyr bloudy sacrifyce He would neyther by outeward professiō nor in hart consent with Ido latryes and offringes of that sort I will not touch nor yet therof my lippes shall make report verse 5 For why the Lorde the portion is of mine in heritaunce And thou art he that doest mainteyne my rent my lot my chaunce verse 6 The place wherin my lot did fall in beauty did excell Mine heritage assigned to me doth please me wondrous well verse 7 I thanke the Lorde that caused me The faithfular sure to perseuer to the ende to vnderstand the right For by hismeanes my secreat thoughtes do teache me euery nyght verse 8 I set the Lorde still in my sight and trust in him ouer all For he doth stande on my ryght hand therfore I shall not fall verse 9 Wherfore my hart and tong also doeth bothe reioyse together My fleshe and body rest in hope when I this thyng consider verse 10 Thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue for Lorde thou louest me That is to say hys lyfe Nor yet will geue thyne holy one corruption for to see verse 11 But wilt teache me the way to lyfe Where god fauoreth there is perfit felicitie for all treasures and store Of perfect ioy are in thy face and power for euermore Exaudi domine iustitiam meam Psal. xvii T. S Here he complayneth to god of thecruel pride and arrogancye of Saule and the rest of his enemies who thus raged withoute anye cause geuen on his part therfore he desireth God to reuenge his innocency and deliuer him This Psalm ought diligently to be noted of sucheas receiue euell for well doyng O Lorde geue eare to my iust cause Sing this as the. xiiii psalme attend when I complaine And heare the prayer that I put forth with lippes that doo not fayne verse 2 And let the iudgement of my cause procede alwayes from thee And let thyne eyes beholde and cleare thys my simplicitie verse 3 Thouhast well tryed me in the night and yet couldst nothyng fynde That I haue spoken with my tonge that was not in my minde verse 4 As from the workes of wicked men and pathes peruerse and ill For loue of thy most holy worde I haue refrayned styll verse 5 Then in thy pathes that be most pure stay me Lorde and preserue That from the way wherin I walke my steppes may neuer swerue verse 6 For I dou call to thee O Lorde surely thou wylt me ayde Then heare my prayer way right wel the wordes that I haue sayde verse 7 O thou the sauiour of all them that put theyr trust in thee Declare thy strength on thē that spurn against thy maiestie verse 8 O kepe me Lord as thou wouldst kepe the apple of thine eye And vnder couert of thy winges defend me secretly The seconde parte verse 9 From wicked men that trouble me and dayly me anoy Ind from my foes that go about my soule for to destroy verse 10 10 Whiche wallow in their worldly wealth so full and eke so fat That in theyr pride they do not spare to speake they care not what verse 11 They lye in wayte where we should passe Meaning himself and his cōpanyons with craft me to confounde And musing mischief in their mindes to cast me to the grounde verse 12 Muche lyke a Lyon gredely that would hys praye embrace Or lurking like a Lyons whelpe within some secrete place verse 13 Up Lorde with hast preuent my foe and cast hym at thy feete Saue thou my soule from the euil man and with thy sworde him smite verse 14 Deliuer me Lorde by thy power out of these tyrantes handes Whiche nowe so longe time raigned haue and kepe vs in theyr bandes verse 15 I meane from worldly men to whom all worldly goodes are ryse That haue no hope nor part of ioy but in this present lyfe Thou of thy store theyr bellies filst with pleasures to their minde Theyr children haue inough and leaue to theirs the rest behinde verse 16 But I shall with pure conscience beholde thy gratious face So when I wake I shalbe full with thine image and grace Diligam te domine psal xviii T. S. This Psalme is the fyrste beginnyng of Dauids saluation and thancks geuing in the entring into his kingdome wherin he extolleth and praiseth most highly the maruelous mercies and grace of God who hathe bothe preserued and defended hym he setteth forthe the Image of Christes kingdome painted in hys kindom that the faithfull mai be assured that Christe shall alwayes conquere and ouercome by the vnspeakable power of hys father though all the whole world shuld say there against O God my strēgth and fortitude of force I must loue the Thou art my castell defence in mine necessitie My god my rock in whō I trust y e worker of my wealth my refuge buckler my shield y e horn of al mi health verse 3 When I sing laud vnto the Lorde most worthy to be strued Then fro my foes I am right sure that I shalbe preserued verse 4 The panges of death did compas me and bounde me euery where The flowing waues of wickednes did put me in great feare verse 5 The slie and suttell snares of hell were round aboute me set And for my death there was preparde a deadly trapping net verse 6 I thus beset with payne and gryef did pray to God for grace And he forthwith did heare my playnt out of his holy place verse 7 Suche is hys power that in his wrath he made the earth to quake Yea the foundation of the mounte of Basan for to shake verse 8 And from his nostrels came a smoke When kindled was his ire And from his mouth came kindled coles of hote consuming fire verse 9 The Lorde descended from aboue and bowde the heauens hie And vnderneth his fete he cast the darknes of the skye verse 10 On Cherubs and on Cherubins full royally he rode and on the winges of all the windes came fliyng all abrode The second parte And like a denne most darke he made his denne and secret place With waters black and ayrie cloudes enuironed he was verse 12 But when the presence of his face in brightnes shall appeare Then cloudes consume in their stead come hayles and coales of fyre verse 13 These fiery dartes and thunder boltes disperse them here and there And with his often lightninges he puttes them in great feare verse 14 Lorde at thy wrath and threatenings and at thy chyding cheare The springes and the
foundations of all the worlde appeare verse 15 And from aboue the Lorde sent downe to fetche me from belowe And pluckt me out of waters great that would me ouerflowe verse 16 And me deliuered from my foes that would haue made me thrall Yea from such foes as were to strong for me to deale with all verse 17 They did preuent me to oppres in time of my great gryef But yet the Lorde was my defence my succor and relief verse 18 18 He brought me forth in open place where as I might be free And kept me safe because he had a fauor vnto me verse 19 And as I was an innocent so did he me regarde And to the cleanes of my hands he gaue me my reward verse 20 For that I walked in his wayes and in his pathes haue trod And haue not wauered wickedly against my Lorde my God The third parte verse 21 But euermore I haue respect to his law and decree His statutes and commaundementes I cast not out fro me verse 22 But pure and cleane and vncorrupt appearde afore his face And did refrayne from wickednes and sinne in any case verse 23 The Lorde therfore will me reward as I haue done aright And to the cleannes of my handes appearing in hys sight verse 24 For Lorde with him that holy is wilt thou be holy to And with the good and vertuous men right vertuously wilt doo verse 25 And to the louing and elect thy loue thou wilt reserue And thou wilt vse the wicked men as wicked men deserue verse 26 For thou dost saue the simple folke In trouble when they lye And dost bring downe the countenance of them that loke full hie verse 27 The Lorde will light my candell so that it shall shine full bryght The Lorde my God will make also my darknes to be light verse 28 For by thy helpe an host of men disconfite Lorde I shall By thee I scale and ouerleape the strength of any wall verse 29 Unspotted are the wayes of God his worde is purely tryed He is a sure defence to suche as in his faith abide verse 30 For who is God except the Lorde for other there is none Or els who is omnipotent sauing our God alone The forthe parte verse 31 The God that girded me with strēgth is he that I doo meane That all the wayes wherin I walke did euermore kepe cleane verse 32 That made my feete lyke to the hartes in swiftnes of my pace And for my suertie brought me forth into an open place verse 33 He did in order put my handes to bataile and to fyght To breake in sunder barres of bras he gaue my armes the myght verse 34 Thou reachest me my sauing health thy right hand is my tower Thy loue and familiaritie doeth styll encrease my power verse 35 And vnder me thou makest playne the waye where I should walke So that my feete shall neuer stippe nor stumble at a balke verse 36 And fiersely I pursue and take my foes that me annoyed And from the field doo not reforne till they be all destroyde verse 37 So I suppresse and wound my foes that they can rise no more For at my seate they fall downe flat I strike them all so sore verse 38 For thou dost gird me with thy strength to warre in suche a wyse That they be all scatred abroade that vp against me ryse verse 39 Lorde thou hast put into my handes my mortall enemies yoke And all my foes thou dost deuide in sonder with thy stroke verse 40 They calld for help but none gaue eare to helpe them with reliefe Yea to the Lorde they callde for helpe yet hearde he not their grief The fifth parte verse 41 And styll lyke dust before the winde I driue them vnder feate And swepe them out lyke filthy claye that stinketh in the streat verse 42 Thou kepest me from sedicious folke that still in stryfe be led And thou doest of the heathen folke apoint me to be hed verse 43 A people straunge to me vnknowen and yet they shall me serue And at the first obey my word wheras mine owne will swarue verse 44 I shalbe ircksom to mine owne they will not see my light But wander wide out of theyr wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the lyuyng Lorde most worthy of all prayse That is my rocke and sauing health praysed be he alwayes verse 46 For God it is that gaue me power reuenged for to be And with his onely worde subdued the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuered and set me hier then those That cruell and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 48 And for this cause O Lorde my God to thee geue thankes I shall And syng out prayses to thy name among the Gentils all verse 49 That gauest great prosperitie vnto the kyng I saye To Dauid thy anoynted kyng and to his seede for aye Coeli enarrant gloriam dei Psalme xix T. 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To the intent he might moue the faithfull to a deper consideration of Gods glory he setteth before theyr eyes the most exquisite workemāship of the Heauens with theyr proportion and ornamentes And afterwarde calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled hymselfe more familiarly to his chosen people The whiche peculiar grace by commending the lawe he setteth foorth more at large and at thende he concludeth with a Prayer THe heauens and the firmament doo wonderously declare Sing this as the. xiiii psalme The glory of God omnipotent his workes and what they are verse 2 The wonderous workes of God apere by euery dayes successe The nightes which likewise theyr race run the self same thinges expresse verse 3 There is no language tong or speach where theyr sounde is not heard Roma x. d. actes xiiii c. verse 4 In all the earth and coastes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lorde made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome ready trimde doth from hys chamber come And as a valiaunt champion He noteth thre excellent qualytses in the sūn◠his beautie sweftnes and heate who for to get a pryce With ioy doth hast to take in hande some noble enterprise verse 6 And all the skie from ende to ende he compasseth about Nothyng can hide it from his heat but he will finde it out verse 7 Howe perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and makyng wyse the simple and obscure Mans inuentions are croked without cōfort filthy and blind verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundimēts and glad both hart and mynde His precept pure and geueth light to eyes that be full blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer What soeuer mans fantasye doth inuent is but lyes and vanitit The iudgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embraste alwayes then fined golde I say The hony and
the Lorde doeth him direct To leade his lyfe in suche awaye as he doeth best accept verse 12 His soule shall euermore in goodnes dwell and stande His seede and his posteritie inherite shall the lande verse 13 All those that feare the Lorde know hys secret intent And vnto them he doth declare hys wyll and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my hart to hym I wyll aduaunce That pluckt my fete out of the snare of sinne and ignoraunce verse 15 With mercy me beholde to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortles alone verse 16 The troubles of mine hart are multiplyed in dede Bring me out of this misery necessitiy and nede verse 17 Beholde my pouertie mine anguish and my payne Remit my sinne and myne offence and make me cleane agayne verse 18 O Lorde beholde myfoes how they doo styll increase Pursuing me with deadly hate that fayne would lyue in peace verse 19 Preserue and kepe my soule and eke deliuer me And let me not be ouerthrowne because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple purenes me from mine enemies shend Because I loke as one of thyne that thou shouldest me defend verse 21 21 Deliuer Lorde thy folke and send them some relief I meane thy chosen Israell from all theyr payne and grief Iudica me domine Psalme xxvi I. H Dauid oppressed with many iniuryes finding no helpe in the worlde called for ayde from God and assured of his integritie toward Saul desireth God to be his iudge and to defend his innocency causeles afflicted Finally he maketh mention of his sacrifice whiche he will offer for his deliueraunce and desireth to be in the company of the faithfull in the congregation of God whence he was banished by Saule promisyng integritie of life open praises and thankes geuingr LOrde be my iudge and thou shall see Sing this as the. xviii psalme My pathes be right and plaine I trust in God and hope that he will strength me to remaine verse 2 Proue me my God I thee desire my waies to searche and trie As men do proue theyr gold with fire my reines and hert espie verse 3 Thy goodnes laide before my face I durst be bold alwaies For of thy trueth I tread the trace and will doo all my dayes verse 4 I doo not lust to haunt or vse with men whose dedes ar vayne To come in house I doo refuse with the deceiptfull trayne verse 5 I muche abhorte the wicked sort their dedes I doo despise I doo not once to them resort that hurtfull thinges deuyse ▪ verse 6 6 My handes I washe and doo procede in workes that walke vpryght Then to the aulter I make spede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speak preache the prayse that doth belonge to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast ben good to me verse 8 O Lorde thy house I loue most deare to me it doeth excell I haue delight and would be neare wher as thy grace doeth dwell verse 9 Oh shut not vp my soule with them in sinne that take their fill Nor yet my lyfe amongst those men that seke much bloud to spill verse 10 whose hands ar heapt with craft guile their life therof is full And their right hand with wrēch wile for bribes doth pluck and pull verse 11 But I in rightuousnes entend my time and daies to serue ▪ Haue mercy Lorde and me defende so that I doo not swarue verse 12 My fote is stayed for all assayes it standeth well and right Wherfore to God will I geue prayse in all the peoples sight Dominus illum inatio Psal. xxvii I. H. Dauid maketh this Psalme being deliuerth frō great pearsts as appeareth by the prayses and thankesgeuyng annexed wherin we may see the constant fayth of Dauid against the assaults of all enemies and also thende wherfore he desireth to lyue and to bedeliuered only to worship God in his congregation Herby he promiseth hymself assuraunce though father mother forsake hym he teacheth this to be the only way to to see the good thinges in the land of the liuing and after his example he exhorteth to faith and to attend vpon the Lorde THe Lord is bothe my health and light Sing this as the. xviii psalme shall man make me dismayde Sith God doth geue me strength why should I be afrayde verse 2 While that my foes with all their strēgth might begin with me to brawle And thinke to eate me vp at length themselues haue caught the fall verse 3 Thoughe they in campe against me lye my hart is not afrayd In battell pight if they will trye I trust in God for ayde verse 4 One thing of God I doo require that he will not denye For whiche I pray and will desyre till he to me applye verse 5 That I within his holy place my lyfe throughout may dwell To see the beauty of his face and vew his temple well verse 6 In time of dreade he shall me hide within hys place most pure And kepe me secret by hys syde as on a rocke most sure verse 7 At length I know the Lordes good grace shall make me strong and stoute My foes to foile and cleane deface that compasse me about verse 8 Therfore within his house will I. Geue sacrifice of prayse With Psalmes and songes I will applye to laude the Lorde alwayes verse 9 Lorde heare the voyce of my request for whyche to thee I call Haue mercy Lord on me opprest and send me helpe withall verse 10 My hart doth knowledge vnto thee I sue to haue thy grace Then seke my face sayste thou to me Lorde I will seke thy face verse 11 In wrath turne not thy selfe a way Nor suffer me to slide Thou art my helpe still to this day be still my God and guide verse 12 My parentes both theyr sonne forsoke and cast me of at large And then the Lorde himselfe yet toke of me the cure and charge verse 13 Teache me O God the way to thee and leade me on forth ryght For feare of suche as watche for me to trap me if they might verse 14 Do not betake me to the will of them that be my foes For they surmyse against me styll false witnes to depose verse 15 My hart would faint but that in me this hope he fixed fast The Lorde Gods good grace shall it see in lyfe that aye shall laste verse 16 Trust still in God whose whole thou art His will abide thou must And he shall ease and strength thy hart if thou in hym doo trust Ad te domine clamabo Psal. xxviii I. H Being in great feare and pensiuenes to see God dishonoured by the wicked men he desireth to be rid of them and cryeth for vengeaunce against them and at length assureth hym selfe that God hath hard his prayer vnto whose tuition he commendeth all the faithefull THou art O Lord my strength and stay Sing this as the. xxi psal the succor
whyche I craue Neglect me not lest I be lyke to them that go to graue verse 2 The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doeth crye When I lift vp my handes vnto thy holy arke moste hye verse 3 Repute not me among the sort of wicked and peruert That speake ryght fayre vnto theyr freÌ„ds and thinke full ill in hart verse 4 According to theyr handy worke as they deserue in dede And after their inuencions let them receyue theyr mede verse 5 For they regarde nothing Godes workes his lawe ne yet his lore Therfore will he them and theyr seede destroy for euermore verse 6 To render thankes vnto the Lorde how great a cause haue I My voyce my prayer and my complaynt that heard so willingly verse 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckeler in destresse My hope my helpe my hartes relyef my songe shall him confesse verse 8 He is our strength and oure defence our enmies to resist The health and the saluacion of his electe by Chryste verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lorde blesse guide and preserue Increase them Lorde and rule theyr harts that they may neuer swerue Afferte domino Psalme xxix T. S. An excellent Psalme wherin the Prophet exhorteth the verye Princes and rulers of the world whiche otherwise for the most parte thinke there is no God at the leaste to feare hym for the thunders and tempestes for feare wherat all creatures tremble And though thereby God threatneth sinners yet is he alwayes mercyfull to hys and moueth them therby to prayse his name GIue to the Lorde ye potentates ye rulers of the worlde Sing this as the. xxi Psa. Geue ye all prayse honor and strength vnto the liuing Lorde verse 2 2 Geue honor to his holy name and honor him alone Worship hym in his maiestie within his holy throne verse 3 His voyce doth rule the waters all euen as him selfe doth please He doth prepare the thunder clappes and gouerneth all the sease verse 4 He meaneth the thunderinges tempestes The voyce of God is of great force and wonderous excellent It is most mightye in effect and muche magnificent verse 5 The voyce of God doeth rent and break the Cedre trees so long The Cedre tres of Libanus whiche are most hie and strong verse 6 And makth them leape like as a call or els the Unicorne Not only trees but mountaines great wheron the tres are borne verse 7 His voice deuideth flames of fyre and shakth the wildernes verse 8 It makth the desert quake for feare that called is Cades verse 9 It makth the Hindes for feare to calue and makth the couerte playne Then in his temple euery man his glory doth proclaime verse 10 The Lorde was set aboue the floudes ruling the raging sea So shall he raygne as Lord and king for euer and for aye verse 11 The Lorde will geue his people power in vertue to increase The Lord wyll blesse hys chosen folke with euerlastyng peace Exaltabo te domine Psal. xxx I. Hop When Dauid should haue dedicated hys house to the Lorde he fel so extreme sick that he was without all hope of lyfe therfore after hys recouery he rendreth thankes to God exhortyng others to the lyke learn by his example that God is rather mercyfull then seuere and rigorous towardes his childreÌ„ and also that the fall from prosperitie is sodeine This done he retourneth to prayer promisyng to prayse God for euer ALl laud praise with hart voice O Lorde I geue to thee whiche didst not make my foes reioyse but hast exalted me O lord my god to thee I cryde in all my paine grief thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good will thou hast calde backe My soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuine when strength did lacke and kept me from the graue verse 4 Sing prayse ye sainctes that proue and see the goodnes of the Lord In memorye of his maiestie Reioyse with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doeth last and slake agayne But in his fauour and hys grace alwayes doeth lyfe remayne Though gripes of grief and panges full sore shall lodge with vs all night The Lorde to ioy shall vs restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enioyde the worlde at will thus would I boast and say Tushe I am sure to feele none ill this wealth shall not decay verse 7 For thou O Lorde of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and ayde But when thou turnd away thy face my mynde was sore dismaide verse 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I cry to thee O Lorde of might My God with plaintes I did apply and prayde both day and night verse 9 What gayne is in my bloud saide I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiestie or yet thy trueth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pitie take O Lorde I thee desyre Do not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee requyre verse 11 Then didst thou turne my grief and wo vnto a chearfull voyce The mournyng weede thou tokste me fro and madst me to reioyse verse 12 Wherfore my soule vncessauntly shall syng vnto thy prayse My Lorde my God to thee will I Geue laude and thankes alwayes Inte domine speraui Psal. xxxi Io. Hop Dauid deliuered from some great daunger in the desert of Maâ—â— or els wher first reherseth what meditation he had by the power of sayth when death was before his eyes his enemy beyng ready to take him then he adioyneth the fauor of God alwaies to be ready to those that feare him Finally he exhorteth al the faithful to trust in God to loue him because he preserueth and strengthneth them as they may se by his example O Lorde I put my trust in thee Let nothyng worke me shame Sing this as the. xviii psalme As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quyte from blame verse 2 Geue me O Lorde and that anone to helpe me make good spead Be thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in time of nede verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tride thou art my fort and towre For thy names sake be thou my guyde and leade me in thy power verse 4 Plucke forth my feete break the snare which they for me haue layde Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy might and ayde verse 5 In to thy handes Lorde I commit my spirite whyche is thy dew For why thou hast redemed it O Lorde thou God most trewe verse 6 I hate suche folke as wyll not part from thynges to be abhorde When they on trifles set theyr harte my truste is in the Lorde verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I see it doeth excell Thou seest when ought would me annoy and knowest my soule full well verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hande that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of bande
about his mothers graue But they at my dissease did ioye and gather on a route Yea abiect slaues at me did toye with mockes and checks full stoute verse 17 The belly gods and flattering trayne that all good thinges deride At me doe grin with great disdayne and plucke their mouth a syde verse 18 Lord when wilt thou amend this geare why doest thou stay and pause Oh rid my soule myne only deare out of these Lyons clawes verse 19 And then will I geue thankes to thee before thy churche alwayse And where as most of people be there will I shew thy prayse verse 20 Let not my foes preuayle on me whiche hate me for no faulte Nor yet to winke or tourne theyr eye that causeles me assaulte The third parte verse 21 Of peace no worde they think or say theyr taulke is all vntrue They still consult and would betraye all those that peace ensue verse 22 With open mouth they run at me they gape thei laugh thei flere Well wel say they our eye doth see the thyng that we desire verse 23 But Lorde thou seest what waies they take sease not this geare to mende Be not far of nor me forsake as men that fayle their frend verse 24 Awake aryse and stirre abrode defend me in my right Reuenge my cause my Lorde my God and ayde me with thy might verse 25 Accordyng to thy righteousnes my Lorde God set me free And let not them their pride expresse nor triumphe ouer me verse 26 Let not their hartes reioyce and cry there there this geare doth trime Nor geue them cause to say on hye we haue our will of hym verse 27 Confound them with rebuke shame that ioy when I do mourne And pay them home with spite blame that brag at me with scorne verse 28 Let them be glad and eke reioyce which loue mine vpright waye And they all times with harte voyce shall prayse the Lorde and saye verse 29 Greate is the Lorde and doth excell for why he doth delyght To see his seruaunts prosper well that is his pleasaunt sight verse 30 Wherfore my tonge I will applye thy righteousnes to prayse Unto the Lorde my God will I sing laudes with thankes alwayse Dixit iuiustus Psalme xxxvi I. 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Dauid greuously vexed by the wicked doth complayne of their maiyce wickednes Thē he turneth to consider the vnspeakeable goodnes of God towardes all creatures But specially towards hys children that by faithe therof he maie be comforted and assured of his deliueraunce by this ordenary course of Gods worke who in the ende destroyeth the wicked and saueth the ruite THe wicked with his workes vniust doth thus perswade my hart Sing this as the. xxxv psalme That of the Lorde he hathe no trust his feare is set aparte verse 2 Yet doth he ioye in his estate to walke as he began So long till he deserue the hate of God and eke of man verse 3 His wordes ar wicked vile and naught his tong no truth doth tell Yet at no hand will he be taught which way he may doo well verse 4 When he should slepe then doth he muse his mischife to fulfill No wicked wayes doth he refuse nor nothing that is ill verse 5 But Lorde thy goodnes doth ascend aboue the heauens high So doth thy truth it selfe extend vnto the cloudie skie verse 6 Much more then hilles so high steepe thy iustice is exprest Thy iudgments like to sease most deepe thou sauest both man and beaste verse 7 Thy mercy is aboue all thinges O God it doth excell In trust wherof as in thy winges the sonnes of men shall dwell verse 8 Within thy house they shalbe fedde with plenty at theyr will Of all delight they shalbe sped and take therof their fill verse 9 For why the well of life so pure doth ouer flow from thee And in thy light we are full sure the lasting light alwayse to see verse 10 From such as thee desire and knowe let not thy grace departe Thy righteousnes declare and shew to men of vpright hart verse 11 Let not the proude on me preuayle O Lorde of thy good grace Nor let the wicked me assayle to throwe me out of place verse 12 But they in their deuice shall fall that wicked workes maintaine They shalbe ouerthrowne with all and neuer rise agayne Noli emulari Psalme xxxvii w. w. Because the godly shoulde not wonder to see wicked men prosper in this world the prophet sheweth that all thinge shal be graunted according to theyr harts desire to them that loue and feare God they that do the contrary although they seme to florish for a tune shall at lengthe peryshe Sing this as the. xxxv psalme GRudge not to see the wicked men in wealth to florish styll Nor yet enuie suche as to ill haue bent and set their will verse 2 For as grene gras florishing herbes are cut and wither awaye So shall theyr great prosperitie sone passe fade and decay verse 3 Trust thou therfore in God alone to do well geue thy minde So shalt thou haue the land as thyne and there sure foode shalt find verse 4 In God set all thy harts delyte and loke what thou wouldst haue Or els canst wish in all the worlde thou nedest it not to craue verse 5 Cast both thy selfe and thyne affayres on God with perfect trust And thou shalt see with patience theffect both sure and iust verse 6 The perfect life and godly name he will cleare as the light So that the sunne euen at none daies shall not shine halfe so bryght verse 7 Be still therfore and stedfastly on God see thou wayte then Nor shrinking for the prosperous state of leude and wicked men verse 8 Shake of despite enuy and hate at least in any wise Their wicked steppes auoyd and flie and folow not their guise verse 9 For euery wicked man will God destroy both more and lesse But suche as trust in him are sure the lande for to posses verse 10 Watch but a whyle and thou shalt see no more the wicked trayne No not so muche as house or place where once he did remayne The seconde parte verse 11 But mercifull and humble men enioy shall sea and land In rest and peace they shall reioyse for nought shall them withstand verse 12 The leud men and malicious against the iust conspire They gnash their teeth at him as men whiche doo his bane desire verse 13 But while that leud men thus do think the Lorde laugh them to scorne For why he seeth their terme approche When they shall sygh and morne verse 14 The wicked haue their sword out drawē their bowe eke haue they bent To ouerthrow and kill the poore as they the right way went verse 15 But the same sword shal pearse their harts which was to kil the iust Likewise the bow shal breake to shiuers wherin they put theyr trust verse 16 Doubtles the iust mans poore estate is better agreat deale more Then
I will kepe fast my mouth with force and might Not once to whisper all the whyle the wicked are in sighte verse 3 I held my tonge and spake no word but kept me close and still Yea from good tallke I did refrayne but sore against my will verse 4 My hart waxt whote within my brest with musing thought and doubte Whiche did encrease and stire the fire at last these words brast oute verse 5 Lorde number oute my lyfe and dayes whiche yet I haue not past So that I may be certifyed how long my lyfe shall laste verse 6 6 Lorde thou hast poynted oute my lyfe in length muche like a spanne Mine age is nothing vnto thee so vayne is euery man verse 7 Man walketh lyke a shade and doth in vayne him self annoye In getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enioye verse 8 Now lord sith things this wise do frame what helpe doo I desire Of truth my helpe doth hange on thee I nothing elles require The secōd parte verse 9 From all the sinnes that I haue done Lorde quyteme out of hand And make me not a scorne to fooles that nothing vnderstand verse 10 I was as dumme and to complayne no trouble might me moue Because I know it was thy worke my patience for to proue verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourg plage I can them not withstande I faynt and pine away for feare of thy most heuy hand verse 12 when thou for sinne dost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wanne As doth a clothe that mothes haue fret so vayne a thyng is man verse 13 Lord heare my sute and geue good hede regarde my teares that fall Soiourne like a straunger here as did my fathers all verse 14 Oh spare a litle geue me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seene no more Expectans expectaui Psalm lx I. H Dauid deliuered from great daunger doth magnifye and prayse the grace of God for his deliueraunce and commendith his prouidence towardes all mankynd Then doth he promyse to geue hym self wholy to Gods seruice and so declareth how God is truly worshipped Afterward he geueth thanckes and prayseth God and hauing complained of his enemies w t good courage he calleth for aide cuccour I wayted longe and sought the Lorde and patiently did beare At length to me he did accorde Sing this as the. xxxv psalme my voyce and cry to heare verse 2 He pluckt me from the lake so deepe out of the mire and clay And on a rocke he set my feete and he did gide my waye verse 3 To me he taught a psalme of prayse whiche I must shew abrode And sing new songes of thankes alwayse vnto the Lorde our God verse 4 When all the folke these thinges shall see as people muche afrayde Then they vnto the Lorde will flee and trust vpon his ayde verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and hart doth in the Lorde remayne That with the proude doth take no part nor suche as lye and faine verse 6 For Lorde my God thy wondrous dedes in greatnes far doo passe Thy fauour towards vs excedes all things that euer was verse 7 When I entend and doo deuise thy workes abrode to shew To suche a reckning they doo ryse therof no ende I know verse 8 Burnt offringes thou delightste not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge their sinne thou doest no man require verse 9 Meate offering and sacrifice thou woldst not haue at all But thou O Lorde hast open made mine eares to heare withall verse 10 But then said I behold and loke I come a meane to be For in the volume of the booke thus it is sayd of me The second parte verse 11 That I O God should doo thy minde whiche thyng doth like me well For in my hart thy lawe I fynde fast placed there to dwell verse 12 Thy Iustice and thy righteousnes in great resorts I tell Beholde my toung no time doth cease O Lord thou knowest full well verse 13 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnes as by stelth But I declare and haue exprest thy truth and sauing health verse 14 I kept not close thy louyng minde that no man shoulde it knowe The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the churche I shewe verse 14 For I with mischefes many one am sore beset aboute My sinnes encrease and so com on I can not spy them out verse 15 For why in number they excede the heares vpon my head My hart doth faynt for very drede that I almost am deade verse 16 With speed send help and set me free O Lorde I thee require Make hast with ayde to succour me O Lorde at my desire verse 17 Let them sustayne rebuke and shame that seeke my soule to spille Driue back my foes and them defame that wish and would me ill verse 18 For their ill feates doo them discrie that wolde deface my name Alwayse at me they rayle and cry fie on him fie for shame verse 19 Let them in thee haue ioye and welth that seeke to thee alwayse That those that loue thy sauing health may say to God be prayse verse 20 But as for me I am but poore opprest and brought full lowe Yet thou O Lorde wilt me restore to health full well I know verse 21 For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay wherfore my God as thou art iust with me no time delaye Beatus qui in telligit Psalm xli T. S Dauid being greuously afflicted blessed them that pitie his case and complayneth of the treason of his owne frendes familiars as came to passe in Iudas Ioh. xv After he felyng the great mercyes of god gently chastisyng him and not suffring his ennemies to triumphe against him geueth most hartye thankes vnto God THe mā is blest y e careful is the nedie to cōsider For in the season perilous the lorde will him delyuer The lord wil make him safe and sound happy in the land And he will not deliuer him into his enemies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lieth sicke the Lord will him restore And thou O lord will tourn to health his sicknes and his sore verse 4 Then in my sicknes thus say I haue mercy Lord on me And heale my soule whiche is full wo that I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies wished me ill in hart and thus of me did say When shall he die that all his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visite me they aske if I doo well But in theyr harts mischief they hatche and to their mates it tell verse 7 They bite theyr lippes and whisper so as though they woulde me charme And cast theyr fetches how to trappe me with some mortall harme verse 8 Some greuous sin hath brought him to this sicknes say they playne He is so low that without doubt rise can he not agayne verse
9 The man also that I did trust Actes l c Heb. he lifte by his hele against me or vsed deceitand therfore Iacob had hys name by taking by the heele and deceyuing Gene 15 ◠17◠with me did vse disceite who at my table eat my bread the same for me layd wayte verse 10 Haue merry Lorde on me therfore and let me be preserude That I may render vnto them the things they haue deserude verse 11 By this I know assuredly to be beloued of thee When that mine enemies haue no cause to triumph ouer me verse 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and maintained alway And in thy presence place assignde where I shall dwell for aye verse 13 The Lorde the God of Israell be praysed euermore Euen so be it Lord will I say euen so be it therfore Quemadmodum desiderat Psal. xlii I. H The Prophet greuously complaynech that being letted by his persecutours he could not be present in the congregation of Gods people protesting that although he was seperate in body from them yet his harte was thither affectioned And last of all he sheweth that he was not so far ouercomen with these sorowes and thoughtes but that be continually put his confidence in the Lord. LIke as the hart doth breath and bray the well springs to obteyne Sing this as the. xxxv psa So doth my soule desire alway with thee Lorde to remayne verse 2 My soule doth thirst would draw nere the liuing God of might O when shall I come and appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares all times are my repast which from mine eyes do slide When wicked men cry out so fast where nowe is God thy guide verse 4 Alas what grief is it to thinke what fredome once I had Therfore my soule as at pits brinke is moste heauy and sad When I did marche in good aray furnished with my trayne Unto the temple was our way with songes and harts most fayne verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes and freatst thus in my brest Trust still in God for him to prayse I holde it euer best By him haue I succour at nede against all payne and grief He is my God which with all spede will hast to sende relyef verse 6 And this my soule within me Lorde doth faint to thinke vpon The lande of Iordan and record the little hill Hermon verse 7 One grief an other in doth call as cloudes burst out theyr voyce The floudes of euill that doo fall runne ouer me with noyce God tryeth his children by dyuers and often afflictions verse 8 Yet I by day felt his goodnes and helpe at all assayes Lykewise by night I did not cease the liuyng God to prayse verse 9 I am perswaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O Lorde thou art my guide and stay my rocke and my defence Why doo I then in pensiuenes hanging the head thus walke While that mine enemies me oppres and vexe me with their talke verse 10 For why they pearse myne inward parts with panges to be abhord When they cry out with stubburne harts where is thy God thy Lorde verse 11 So sone why doest thou faint and quayle my soule with paines opprest with thoughts why dost thy self assayle so sore within my brest verse 12 Trust in the Lorde thy God alwayes and thou the time shalt see To geue him thanks with laud and praise for health restorde to thee Iudica me deus Psalme xliii T. S He prayeth to be deliuered from them whiche conspire with Absolō to thend that he might ioyfully prayse God in his holy congregatiō IUdge and reuenge my cause O Lorde From them that euell be Sing this as the. xxxv psalme From wicked and deceitfull men O Lorde delyuer me verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God why puttest thou me thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my fo verse 3 Send out thy lyght and eke thy trueth and leade me with thy grace which may conduct me to thy hyll and to thy dwellyng place verse 4 Then shal I to the aultar go of God my ioy and cheare And on my harpe geue thankes to thee O God my God most deare verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Still trust in God for hym to prayse I holde it alwayes best By him I haue deliueraunce against all paines and grief He is my God which doth alwayes at nede sende me relief Deus auribus nostris Psal. xliiii T. S. A moste earnest prayer made in the name of the faithfull when they are afflicted by theyr enemies for sustayning the quarell of gods word accordyng to the exposition of S. Paule Roma viii OUr eares haue hard our fathers tel reuerently recorde the wondrous works y e thou hast done in alder time O Lorde How thou didst cast the Gentils out stroyost them with strong hand planting our fathers in theyr place gauest to them their land verse 3 They conquered not by sword nor strength the land of thy behest But by thy hande thy arme and grace because thou louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my king O God that holpe Iacob in sundry wyse verse 5 Led with thy power we threwe downe suche as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bow ne sword they could not saue me sounde verse 7 Thou kept vs from our enemies rage thou didst oure foes confound verse 8 And still we beast of thee our God and prayse thy holy name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our host Selah but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madest vs flee before our foes and so were ouer trode Our enemies robde spoilde our goods when we were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs geuen to our foes as shepe for to be slayne Amongst the Heathen euery where scartered we doo remayne verse 12 Thy people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thyng of nought For proffit none thou hadst therby no gayne at all was sought verse 13 And to our neyghbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stocke And those that round about vs dwell at vs doo grinne and mocke The secōd parte verse 14 Thus we serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mock they scorn and nod their heds where euer they go or walke verse 15 I am a shamd continually to heare these wicked men Yea so I blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such sclaundrous words suche false report and lyes That death it is to see their wronges their threatnings and their cryes verse 17 For all this we forgot not thee nor yet thy couenant brake verse 18 We turn not back our harts from thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 Yet thou hast trod vs downe to dust where dennes of dragons be And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersitie verse 20 If we had our Gods name
forgot and helpe of idols sought verse 21 Would not god then haue tried this out for he doth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy names sake O Lorde alwayes are we slaine thus Aa shepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Up Lorde why slepest thou awake and leaue vs not for all verse 24 Why hidest thou thy countenaunce and dost forget our thrall verse 25 For downe to dust our soule is brought and we now at last cast Our belly lyke as it were glude vnto the ground cleaueth fast verse 26 Rise vp therfore for our defence and helpe vs Lorde at nede We thee bese the for thy goodnes to rescue vs with spede Eructauit Psalme xlv I. H. The maiestie of Salomon hys honour strengthe beauty riches and power are praysed and also hys maryage with the Egiptian being an Heathen woman to blessed if that she can renounce her people and theÌ„ loue other contrey and geue her selfe wholy to her husbande Under the whyche â—yguâ—e the wonderfull maiestie â–ª and the increase of the kingdome of Christe and the Churche hys spouse now taken of the genuies is described MY hart doth now take in hande Sing this as the. xxv psa Some godly songe to singe Thy prayse I shall shew therin perteyneth to the kynge verse 2 My tounge shalbe as quicke his honor to endite As is the pen of any scribe that vseth faste to wryte verse 3 O fayrest of all men thy speache is pleasaunt pure For God hathe blessed thee with giftes for euer to endure verse 4 Aboute thee girde thy sworde O prince of might elect With honour glory and renoume thy person pure is dect verse 5 Go forth with godly speede in mekenes truth and ryght And thy ryght hand shall thee instruct in workes of dredfull might verse 6 Thyne arrowes sharpe and kene theyr harts so sore shall stinge That folke shall fall and knele to thee yea all thy foes O kynge verse 7 Thy royall seate O Lorde for euer shall remayne Because the scepter of thy realme doth righteousnes maintaine verse 8 Because thou louest the ryghte and dost the ill detest God euen thy God hath pointed thee with ioy aboue the rest verse 9 With mirth and sauours swete thy clothes ar all be spreade when thou dost from thy palace pas wherin to make thee glad verse 10 Kinges doughters doo attend in fine and riche araye At thy right hand the queene doth stand in goulde and garments gaye The second parte verse 11 O doughter take good heede enclyne and geue good eare Thou must forget thy kindred all and fathers house most dere verse 12 Then shall the king desire Thy beuty fayer and trim For why he is the Lorde thy God and thou must worship hym verse 13 The doughters then of Tire with giftes full riche to see And all the welthy of the lande shall make theyr sute to thee verse 14 The daughter of the king is glorious to beholde within his closet she doth sitte all dect in beaten goulde verse 15 In robes well wrought with needle with many a pleasaunt thyng With virgins faier on her to waighte she cometh to the king verse 16 16 Thus are they brought with Ioy and mirth on euery side Into the palace of the king and there doo they abide verse 17 In stede of parents lefte O quene the chaunge so standes Thou shalt haue soÌ„nes whoÌ„ thou maist set as princes in all landes verse 18 Wherfore thy holy name all ages shall recorde The people shall geue thankes to thee for euer more O Lorde Deus noster refugium Psalm xlvi I. H. A songe of thankes geuyng for the delyueraunce of Ierusalem after Senacherib with hys army was driuen awaye or some otherlyke so dayne and maruelous delyueraunce by the myghtye hande of God Whereby the Prophet commendyng thys greate benefyte dothe exhorte the faythfull to geue them selues wholy into the hande of God doubtyng nothyng but that vnder hys protection they shalbe safe agaynste all the assaultes of theyr enemyes THe Lorde is oure defence and ayde the strength wherby we stand when we with wo are muche dismaide he is our helpe at hand Though thearth remoue we will not feare though hilles so high stepe be thrust and hurled heare and there within the sea so depe verse 3 No though the waues doo rage so sore that all the bankes it spilles And though it ouer flow the shore and beate downe mightye hilles verse 4 For one fayer floud doth send abrode his pleasaunt streames a pace To fresh the citie of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In middest of her the Lord doth dwel she can no whit decaye All thinges against her that rebel the Lord will truly staye verse 6 The heathen flocke the kingdoms feare the people make a noyse The earth doth melte and not appeare when God puttes forth his voyce verse 7 The Lord of hostes doth take our part to vs he hath an eye Our hope of health with all our hart on Iacobes God doeth lye verse 8 Come here see with mind thought the working of our God what wonders he him self hath wrought through out the earth abrod verse 9 By him all warres are husht and gone which countres did conspire Their bowes he brake speares echone theyr Charets brent with fier verse 10 Leaue of therfore saith he and know I am a God most stoute Among the heathen high and low and all the earth throughoute verse 11 The Lorde of hostes doeth vs defend he is our strength and tower On Iacobs God doo we depend and on his mighty power Omnes gentes Psalme xlvii I. H. The prophet exorteth all people to the worship of the true and euerliuing God commending the mercyes of God towarde the posteritie of Jacob and after prophecieth of the kingdome of Christ in this tune of the Gospell YE people all in one accorde clappe handes and eke reioyce Sing this as the. xlvi Psa Be glad and sing vnto the Lorde with swete and pleasaunt voyce verse 2 2 For hie the Lorde and dredfull is with wonders manifolde A mighty kynge he is truly in all the earthe extolde verse 3 The people shall he make to be vnto our bondage thrall And vnderneth our fete he shall the nations make to fall verse 4 For vs the heritage he chose whiche we possesse alone The flouring worship of Iacob hys welbeloued one verse 5 Our God ascended vp on hye with ioy and pleasaunt noyce The Lorde goeth vp aboue the skye with trompets royall voyce verse 6 Sing prayse to God sing prayse sing prayses to our kynge For God is king of all the earth all skilfull prayses syng verse 7 God on the heathen reignes and sittes vpon his holy throne The princes of the people haue them ioyned euery one verse 8 To Abrams people for our God whiche is exalted hye Us with a buckler doth defende the earth continually Magnus dominus Psal. xlviii
filds do lye are subiect to my might verse 12 Then though I houngred sore what neede I ought of thyne Sith that the earth with her great store and all therin is myne verse 13 To bullockes fleash haue I suche mind to eate it doest thou thinke Or such a sweetnes doo I finde the bloude of goates to drinke verse 14 Geue to the Lorde his prayse with thankes doo him apply And see thou pay thy vowes alwaies vnto the God most hie verse 15 Then seke and call to me when ought would work thee blame And I will sure deliuer thee that thou maiest prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked traine whiche talke of God eche daye And yet theyr works are foule and vain to them the Lorde will saye verse 17 With what a face darest thou my worde once speake or name why doth thy taulke my lawe alowe thy dedes denie the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy lyfe thou art so slacke My word the which thou doest pretend is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doest see by theft to lyue in welthe with him thou runnest and dost agree lykewyse to thryne by stealthe verse 20 When thou doest them beholde that wiues and maides defile Thou likest it well and waxest boulde to vse that lyfe most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doest applye to slaunder and defame ▪ Thy tonge is taught to crafte and lye and still doth vse the same verse 22 Thon studiest to reuile thy frendes to thee so nere With sclaunder thou woldst nedes defile thy mothers sonne moste deare verse 23 Hereat while I doo winke as though I did not see Thou goest on still and so dost thinke that I am lyke to thee verse 24 But sure I will not let to stryke when I beginne Thy faultes in order I will set and open all thy sinne verse 25 Matke this I you require that haue not God in minde Least when I plage you in myneire your helpe be far to fynde verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me well and he shall see to walke in Godly wayse 1. Miserere mei deus Psalm li. w. w When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet Nathan for his greate offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his naturall corruption and iniquitie but also left a memoriall therof to his posteritie Therfore firste he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holye spirite with promise that he will not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearyng lest god would punish the whole churche for hys faute He requireth that he woulde rather increase his graces towardes the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lorde for thy great mercies sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust sinfull act purifie yet once againe my hainous crime blody fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow doo constrayne Me to acknowledge myne exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth still remayne Before my face without reles verse 4 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euyl in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgement iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that firste I was conceiued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was and yet vile wretche remaine therin verse 6 Also beholde Lord thou doest loue the inward truthe of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome from aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shalbe cleaner then the glasse And if thou wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shall I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lorde suche ioy me send that inwardly I may synd grace And that my strength may now amend which thou hast swagd for my trespace verse 9 Turne back thy face and frowning ire for I haue felt inoughe thy hande And purge my sinnes I thee desire which doo in number passe the sand verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest and frame it to thy holy will Thy constant spirite in me let rest which may these raging enemies kil The secōd parte verse 11 Cast me not Lorde out from thy face but spedely my tormentes ende Take not from me thy spirite and grace which may from daungers me defend verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes agayne which I was wont in thee to fynde And let me thy free spirite retayne which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus when I shall thy mercyes know I shall instruct others therin And men that are likewise brought low by mine ensample shall flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my health art Lorde forgeue me thys my bloudy vice My harte and toung shall then accorde to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lippes my tonge vntye O Lord which art the only kay And then my mouth shall testifye thy wondrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest them of no pryce and therin pleasure takst thou none verse 17 The heauy hart the mind opprest O Lorde thou neuer dost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of all sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lorde vnto Sion turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hyll And on Jerusalem thy grace buyld vp the walles and loue it still verse 19 Thou shalt accept then oure offrynges of peace and righteousnes I say Yea calues and many other thynges vpon thyne altare will we lay Another of the same by T. N. HAue mercy on me God after Sing this as the Lamentation thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude doo thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more from mine offence and clense me from my sin For I be know my fautes and still my sinne is in mine eyen Against thee thee alone I haue offended in thys case And euell haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the thynges that thou dost say vpryght thou mayst be tryed And eke in iudging that the dome may passe vpon thy syde Beholde in wickednes my kinde and shape I did receyue And loe my sinfull mother eke in sinne did me conceiue But Loe the truthe in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secretes of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to me With hysope Lorde be sprincle me I shalbe clensed so Yea wash thou me and so I shall be whiter than the snow Of ioy and gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which thou hast broken may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lorde turne away thy face And all my dedes of wickednes doo vtterly deface O God creat in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lorde renew a stable sprite Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy sprite away The
comfort of thy sauing help geue me againe I pray With thy free sprite establish me And I will teache therfore Sinners thy wayes and wicked shall be turnde vnto thy lore O God that art God of my health from blood deliuer me That prayses of thy righteousnes my tonge may syng to thee My lippes that yet fast closed be doo thou O Lorde vnlose The prayses of thy maiestie my mouth shall so disclose I would haue offred sacrifice if that had pleased thee But pleased with burnt offringes I knowe thou wilt not be A trobled sprite is sacrifice delytefull in Gods eyes A broken and an humbled hart God thou wilt not despise In thy good will deale gently Lorde to Sion and with all Graunt that of thy Ierusalem vpreard may be the wall Burnt offrings giftes and sacrifice of iustice in that day Thou shalt accept and calues they shal vpon thyne altar lay Quid gloriaris Psalme lii I. H Dauid describeth the arrogante tyrannye of hys aduersarye Doeg Saules chief shepherde who by false surmyses caused Achimelech with the rest of the priestes to be slain Dauid prophecieth his destruction and encourageth the faithfull to put theyr confidence in God whose iudgements are most sharpe against his aduersaryes And fynally he rendreth thankes to God for his deliueraunce In thys Psalme is lyuely set forthe the kingdome of Antichrist WHy dost thou tyrāt boast abrode thy wicked works to prayse dost thou not knowe there is a God whose mercies last alwayes Why doth thy mind yet still deuise suche wicked wiles to warpe Thy tong vntrue in forging lies is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischief why settest thou thy minde and wilt not walke vpryght Thou hast more lust false tales to fynde then bryng the truth to lyght verse 4 Thou doest delyte in fraude and guile in mischief blud and wrong Thy lyppes haue learnde the flateryng style O false deceitfull tonge verse 5 Therfore shall God for euer confounde and pluck thee from thy place Thy sede rote out from of the grounde and so shall thee deface verse 6 The iust when they beholde thy fall with feare will praise the Lorde And in reproche of thee withall cry out with one accorde verse 7 Behold the man which would not take the Lorde for his defence But of his goods his God did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an Oliue fresh and grene shall spring and sprede abrode For why my trust all times hathe bene vpon the lyuing Ood verse 9 For this therfore will I geue prayse to thee with hart and voyce I will set forth thy name always wherin thy sainctes reioyce Dixit in sipiens Psalme Liii T. N The Prophet describeth the croked nature the crueltye and punishment of the wicked when they loke not for it and desireth the deliueraunce of the godlie that they may reioyce together THe foolish man in that whyche he within his hart hath sayde Sing this as the. xiv psalme That there is any God at all hathe vtterly denyde They are corrupt and they also a haynous worke haue wrought Amonge them all there is not one of good that worketh ought The Lorde loked downe on sons of men from Heuen all abrode To see if any were that would be wise and seke for God They are gone all out of the way they are corrupted all There is not one doth any good there is not one at all Do not all wicked workers know that they do fede vpon My people as they fede on breade the Lorde they call not on Euen there they were afrayde and stode with trembling all dismayde Where as there was no cause at all why they should be afrayde For God his bones that thee beseged hath scattered all abrode Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God O Lorde geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfill thy promise made to Israell from out of Syon hill When God his people shall restore that erst was captiue lad Thou Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israel shalbe glad Deus in nomine Psalm Liiii I. H Dauid brought into Great daunger by reasō of Ziphius calleth vpō the name of God to destroy e his enemies promysing sacrifice and froe offerings for their delyueraunce GOd saue me for thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Sing this as the. xlvi Psa Unto the strength Lorde of the same I doo my cause betake verse 2 Regarde O Lorde and geue an eare to thee when I doo praye Bow downe thy sealfe to me and heare the wordes that I doo saye verse 3 For straungers vp against me ryse and tirauntes vex me still Whiche haue not God before theyr eies they seke my soule to spill verse 4 But loe my God doeth geue me ayde the Lorde is strayght at hand with them by whom my soule is stayed the Lorde doth euer stande verse 5 With plages repay agayne all those for me that lye in wayte And with thy truth destroy my foes with theyr owne snare and bayte verse 6 An offering of free hart and will that I to thee shall make And prayse thy name for therin still greate comfort I doo take verse 7 O Lorde at length doo set me free from them that craft conspire And now mine eye with ioye doeth see on them my hartes desire Exaudi deus Psalme Lv. I. H. Dauid being in greate heauines and distres complayneth of the crueltye of Saule and of the falshod of his familyar acquaintaunce vtteryng most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie hym After being assured of deliueraūce he setteth forth the grace of god as though he had all ready obtayned his request O God geue eare and do apply To heare me when I praye Sing this as the. xxxv psalme And when to thee I call and crye hide not thy selfe awaye verse 2 Take hede to me graunt my request and aunswer me agayne with playntes I pray full sore opprest greate grief doeth me constrayne verse 3 Because my foes with threates and cries oppres me through despighte And so the wicked sorte lykewise to vex me haue delighte verse 4 For they in counsell doo conspire to charge me with some ill So in their hasty wrath and ire they doo pursue me styll verse 5 My hart doth faynte for want of breathe it panteth in my breste The terroures and the dread of deathe doo work me muche vnrest verse 6 feare on me doth fall with doo quake Suche 〈◊〉 whelmeth me with all that I can make verse 7 But I will geue me ▪ Of some fayer doue that I may flee and rest me from these thinges verse 8 Lo then I woulde go farre awaye to flye I woulde not cease And I woulde hide my selfe and staye in some greate wildernes verse 9 I would be gon in all the hast and not abide behinde That I weare quite and ouer past these blasts of boisteous winde verse 10 Deuide them Lord and from them pul their diuilish double tounge
are no les then heares are on my hed verse 5 Though for no cause they vexe me sore they prosper and are glad They doo compell me to restore the thynges I neuer had verse 6 What I haue done for want of wit thou Lorde all times canst tell And all the same that I commit to thee is knowne ful well verse 7 O God of hostes defend and staye al those that trust in thee Let no man doubt or shrink awaye for ought that chaunceth me verse 8 It is for thee and for thy sake that I doo beare this blame In spite of thee they would me make to hyde my face for shame verse 9 My mothers sonnes my brethern all forsake me on a rowe And as a straunger they me call my face they will not knowe verse 10 vnto thy house suche zeale I beare that it doth pine me muche Theyr checks taunts at thee to heare my very hart doth grutch The second parte verse 11 Though I doo fast my flesh to chaste yea if I wepe and mone Yet in my teath this geare is cast they passe not thereupon verse 12 If I for grief and payne of hart in sackcloth vse to walke Then they anone will it peruert therof they iest and talke verse 13 Both hie and lowe and all the throng that sit within the gate They haue me euer in theyr tong of me they talke and prate verse 14 The dronkards whiche in wine delyte it is their cheif pastime To seke whiche way to worke me spite of me they sing and rime verse 15 But thee the whyle O Lorde I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great truth thou wilt alwaye sende downe thyne ayde to me verse 16 Pluck thou my feete out of the myre from dro wning doo me kepe From suche as owe me wrath and ire and from the waters depe verse 17 Lest with y e waues I should be drownd and depth my soule deuouer And that the pit should me confound and shut me in her power verse 18 O Lorde of hostes to me geue eare as thou arte good and kynde And as thy mercy is most deare Lorde haue me in thy mynde verse 19 And doo not from thy seruaunt hyde nor turne thy face awaye I am opprest on euery syde in hast geue eare I say verse 20 O Lorde vnto my soule draw nye the same with ayde repose Because of theyr great tyrannye acquite me fro my foes The thirde parte verse 21 That I abide rebuke and shame thou knowest and thou canst tell For those that seke and worke the same thou seest them all full well verse 22 When they with brags doo breake my hart I seke for helpe anone But finde no frendes to ease my smarte to comfort me not one verse 23 But in my meate they gaue me gall to cruell for to thynke And gaue me in my thirst withall stronge vineger to dryncke verse 24 Lorde turne their table to a snare to take them selues therin And when they thinke full well to fare then trap them in the gin verse 25 And let theyr eyes be darke and blynde that they may nothyng see Bow downe their back doo thē binde in thraldome for to be verse 26 Powre out thy wrath as hoate as fyer that it on them may fal Let thy displeasure in thyne yre take holde vpon them all As desert drye theyr house disgrace their offring eke expell verse 27 That none therof posses their place nor in their tents doo dwell If thou dost strike the man to tame on him they lay full sore verse 28 And if that thou do wounde the same they seke to hurt him more Then let them heape vp mischief still sith they are all peruert verse 29 That of thy fauor and good will they neuer haue no part And dash them cleane out of the boke of life of hope of trust That for their names they neuer loke in number of the iust The forth parte verse 31 Though I O Lorde with wo grief haue bene full sore opprest Thy helpe shall geue me suche relief that all shall be redrest verse 32 That I may geue thy name the prayse and shew it with a song I will extoll the same alwayes with harty thankes among verse 33 Which is more pleasant vnto thee Such minde thy grace hath borne Then either Oxe or Calfe can be that hath bothe hoofe and horne verse 34 When simple folke doo this beholde it shall reioyce them sure All ye that seke the Lorde beholde your lyfe for aye shall dure verse 35 For why the Lord of hosts doth heare the poore when they complayne His prisoners are to him full deare he doth them not disdayne verse 36 Wherfore the skie and earth belowe The sea with floud and stream His prayse they shall declare and showe with all that liue in them verse 37 For sure our God will Sion saue and Iudaes cities builde verse 38 38 Much folke possession there shall haue her streate shall all be filde Her seruaunts sede shall kepe the same all ages out of minde verse 39 And there all they that loue hys name adwellyng place shall fynde Deus in adiutorium Psalme lxx I. H. He prayeth to be ryght spedely delyuered as in the. ix Psalm Then he desireth the shame of hys enemyes and the ioy full comforte of all those that seke the Lorde O God to me take hede of helpe I thee require Sing this as the. lxxii ps O Lorde of hosts with hast and spede helpe helpe I thee desire verse 2 With shame confound them all that seke my soule to spill Rebuke them backe with blame to fall that thinke and wish me ill verse 3 Confounde them that applye and seke to worke me shame And at my harme do laugh and crye so so there goth the game verse 4 But let them ioyfull be in thee with ioy and wealth Which only trust and seke to thee and to thy sauing health verse 5 That they may say alwayes in mirth and one accorde All glory honor laude and prayse be geuen to thee O Lorde verse 6 But I am weake and poore come Lorde thine ayde I lacke Thou art my stay and helpe therfore make spede and be not slack In te domine speraui Psalm lxxi I H. He prayeth in sayth establyshed by the worde of the promise and confirmed by the worke of God from his youth he desireth now to be deliuered from the wicked and cruell man meanyng his sonne Absolō and his confederacy and he promiseth to be mindefull and thankefull for the same MY Lorde my God in all distres my hope is whole in thee Sing this as the. lxix psa Then let no shame my soule oppres nor once take holde on me verse 2 As thou art iust defend me Lorde and rid me out of drede Geue eare and to my suite accorde and send me helpe at nede verse 3 Be thou my rock to whom I may for ayde all times resort Thy promise is to helpe alwaye
for worne and old our realine as now doth stand verse 22 Let not the simple go away with disapointed shame But let the poore and nedye aye geue prayse vnto thy name verse 23 Ryse Lord let be by thee mainteined the cause that is thyne owne Remember how that thou blasphemde art by the folysh one verse 24 The voyce forget not of thy foes for they presumyng hie Is more and more encreast of those that hate thee spitefully Confitebimur tibi deus Psalm lxxv N. The faythfull doo prayse the name of the Lord whiche shall come to iudge at the time appoynted when the wicked shal be put to confusion and drynke of the cup of his wrath theyr prayer shall be abated the righteous shall be exaited to honor VNto the God we will geue thankes Sing this as the. rliiii psalme we will geue thankes to thee Sith thy name is so nere declare thy wondrous workes will we verse 2 I will vprightly iudge when get conuenient tyme I may The earth is weake and all therin but I her pillers stay verse 3 I did to thee mad people say deale not furiouslye And vnto the vngodliones set not your hornes so hie verse 4 I sayd vnto them set not vp your taysed hornes on hye And see that you doo with stiffe neck not speake presumptuously verse 5 For neyther from the eastern part nor from the westernside Nor from forsaken wildernes protection doth procede verse 6 For why the Lorde our God he is the righteous iudge alone He putteth downe the one and sets another in the throne verse 7 For why a cup of myghtye wyne is in the hand of God And all the myghtye wyne therin himself doth poure abrode verse 8 As for the lees and filthy dregges that doo remayne of it The wicked of the earth shall drinke and suck them euery whyt verse 9 But I will talke of God I say of Iacobs God therfore And will not cease to celebrate his prayse for euermore verse 10 In sunder breake the hornes of all vngodly men will I But then the hornes of righteous men shalbe exalted hye Gloria patri To father sonne and holy ghost all glory be therfore As in beginning was is now and shalbe euermore In Iudea Psalme Lxxvi I. H. This Psalme◠setteth for the the power of God and care for the defence of hys people in Jerusalem in the destruction of the armie Senacherib And exhorteth the faythfull to be thankefull for the same TO all that now in Jury dwell Sing this as the lxix psa the Lorde is clerly knowen His name is great in Israell a people of his owne verse 2 At Salem he his tents hath pighte to tary there a space In sion eke he hathe delyghte to make his dwellyng place verse 3 And there he brake bothe shaft and bow the sworde the speare and shilde And brake the ray to ouerthrowe in battell on the fielde verse 4 Thou arte more worthy honour Lord more mighte in thee dothe lye Then in the strongest of the worlde that rob on mountayes hye verse 5 But now y e proud are spoyled through the and they are fallen on sleepe Through men of warre no helpe can be them selues they coulde not kepe verse 6 At thy rebuke O Iacobs God when thou doost them reproue As halfe in slepe theyr charets stoode no horsman once doth moue verse 7 For thou arte fearfull Lorde in dede what man the corage hathe To bide thy sight and doth not dreede when thou art in thy wrath verse 8 Whē thou dost make thy iudgmēts hard from heauen through the grounde Then al the earth full sore afearde in silence shalbe founde verse 9 And that when thou O God dost stand in iudgement for to speake To saue thafflicted of the lande on earth that are full weake verse 10 The fury that in man doth raygne shall tourne vnto thy prayse Hereafter Lorde doo thou restrayne theyr wrath and threates alwayes verse 11 Make voues paye them to your God ye folke that nigh him bee Bring giftes all ye that dwell abrode for dreedfull sure is he verse 12 For he doth take bothe lyfe and might from Princes great of birth And full of terroure is hys sighte to all the kinges on earth Voce mea ad dominum Psalm lxxvii IH The Prophet in the name of the churche rehearseth the greatnes of his affliction and his greuous temptation wherby he was driuen to thys end to consider his formore conuersacion the continuall cours of Gods worckes in the preseruation of his seruauntes and so he confirmeth his sayth agaynst these temptacyons I With my voyce to God do cry with harte and harty cheare my voyce to God I lyfte on hyghe and he my sute doth heare in tyme of grief I sought to God by nyght no rest I toke But stretcht my hands to him abrode my soule comfort forsoke verse 3 When I to thinke one God entend my troble then is more I spake but could not make an ende my breath was stopt so sore verse 4 Thou houldst myne eys alwayse from rest that I alwayes awake With feare am I so sore opprest my speche doeth me forsake verse 5 The dayes of olde in minde I cast and oft did thinke vpon The times and ages that are past full many yeares agon verse 6 By night my songes I call to mynde once made thy prayse to shew And with my hart much taulke I finde my spirites doth searche to knowe verse 7 Will God sayd I at once for all cast of his people thus So that hence for the no time he shall be frendly vnto vs. verse 8 What is hys goodnes cleane decayed for euer and aday Or is hys promise now delayde and doeth his truthe decaye verse 9 And will the Lorde our God forget his mercyes manifolde Or shall his wrath encrease so whot his mercy to with holde verse 10 At last I sayde my weakenes is the cause of this mistrust Gods mighty hand can healpe all thys and chaunge it when he lust verse 11 I will regarde and thinke vpon the workyng of the Lorde Of all his wonders past and gone I gladly will recorde verse 12 yea all his workes I will declare and what he did deuise To tell his factes I will not spare and eke his counsell wyse verse 13 Thy workes O Lorde are all vprghit and holy all abrod What one hath strēgth to match y e mighte of thee O Lorde our God verse 14 Thou art a God that oft dost show thy wonders euery hower And so doest make the people knowe thy vertue and thy power verse 15 And thine owne folke thou diddest defēd with strength and stretched arme The sonnes of Jacob that discend and Josephes seede from harme verse 16 16 The waters Lorde perceued thee the waters saw thee well And they for feare a side did flee the depthes on trembling fell verse 17 The clouds that were both thick black did rayne full plenteously The thonder in
And yet with hailestones once agayne the Lorde their cattell smote And all their flocks and heards like wise with thunderbolts full hote verse 49 He cast vpon them in his ire and in his fury strong Displeasure wrath and euill spirites to trouble them amonge verse 50 Then to his wrath he made a waye and spared not the least But gaue vnto the pestilence the man and eke the beast verse 51 He strake also the first borne all that vp in Egipt came And all the chief of men and beastes within the tents of Ham. verse 52 But as for all his owne dearefolk he did preserue and kepe And caried them through wildernes euen lyke a flocke of shepe verse 53 Without all feare both safe and sound he brought them out of thrall Where as theyr foes with rage of Sea were ouerwhelmed all verse 54 And brought them out into the costes of his owne holy land Euen to the mount whiche he had got by his strong arme and hand verse 55 And there cast out the Heathen folke and did theyr land deuyde And in the tentes he set their tribes of Israell to abide verse 56 Yet for all this theyr God most hygh they stirred and tempted styll And woulde not kepe his testament nor yet obey his will verse 57 But as theyr fathers turned backe euen so they went astray Muche lyke a bowe that would not bēd but slipt and start away The. vi parte verse 58 And greued him with their hil altars with offerings and with fire And with theyr Idols vehemently prouoked him to ire verse 59 Therwith his wrath began agayne to kindle in his brest The naughtines of Israell he did so muche detest verse 60 Then he forsoke the tabernacle of Silo where he was Right conuersant with earthly men euen as his dwelling place verse 61 Then suffred he his might and power in bondage for to stand And gaue the honor of his Arcke into his enemies hand verse 62 And did commit them to the sword wroth with his heritage verse 63 The yong men were deuoured with fire maids had nomariage verse 64 64 And with the sworde the priestes also did pearish euerychone And not a widow left alyue theyr deathe for to be mone verse 65 And then the Lorde began to wake lyke one that slept a tyme Or lyke a valyant man of warre refreshed after wyne verse 66 With Emerods in the hinder partes he strake his enemies all And put them then vnto a shame that was perpetuall verse 67 Then he the tent and tabernacle of Ioseph did refuse As for the tribe of Ephraim he would in no wise chuse verse 68 But chose the tribe of Iehuda where as they thought to dwell Euen the noble mount Sion whiche he did loue so well verse 69 Where as he did his temple build both sumptuously and sure Like as the earth which he hath made for euer to endure verse 70 Then chose he Dauid him to serue his people for to kepe Which he toke vp and brought away euen from the foldes of shepe verse 71 As he did folow the ewes with yong the Lorde did him auaunce To fede hys people of Israell and his inheritaunce verse 72 Then Dauid with a faithfull hart his flocke and charge did fede And prudently with all his power did gouerne them in dede Deus venerunt gentes Psalm lxxix I. H The Israelites complayne to God for the greate calamitie and oppression that they suffered when Antiochus destroyed theyr temple and citie Ierusalem desiring God aide against his ragyng tyrannye lest Gods name and religion shoulde be contemned amonge the Heathen whyche should see them thus forsaken and peary she O Lorde the Gentils doo inuade Thyne herytage to spoyle Sing this as the. lxxvii psalme Ierusalem an heape is made thy temple they defoyle verse 2 The bodies of thy sainctes most dere abrode to birdes they cast The fleshe of them that doo thee feare the beastes deuoure and wast verse 3 Their bloud throughout Ierusalem as water spilt they haue So that there is not one of them to lay theyr dead in graue verse 4 Thus are we made a laughing stocke almost the world throughout The enemies at vs iest and mock whiche dwell our coastes about verse 5 Wilt thou O Lord thus in thine ire against vs euer fume And shew thy wrath as hoate as fyre thy folke for to consume Upon those people powre the same whiche did thee neuer know All realmes whiche call not on thy name consume and ouerthrow verse 7 For they haue got the vpper hand and Iacobs sede destroyd His habytacion and hys land they haue left wast and voyd verse 8 Beare not in minde our former faultes with spede some pitie shewe And ayde vs Lorde in all assaults for we are weake and low verse 9 O God that geuest all health and grace on vs declare the same Mey not our works oure sinnes deface for honor of thy name verse 10 Why shall the wicked still alwaye to vs as people domme In thy reproche reioyse and say where is theyr God become Require O Lord as thou seest good before our eyes in syght Of all these folke thy seruauntes bloud whiche they spilt in despight verse 11 Receyue into thy syght in hast the clamours grief and wrong Of suche as are in prison cast susteyning yrons strong Thy force and strength to celebrate Lorde set them out of bande Whiche vnto deathe are destinate and in theyr enemies hand verse 12 The nations which haue ben so bolde as to blaspheme thy name Into their laps with seuen fold repay agayne the same verse 13 So we thy folke thy pasture shepe will prayse thee euermore And teache all ages for to kepe for thee lyke prayse in store Qui regis Israell Psalme lxxx I. H. A lamentable prayer to God to helpe the miseryes of the Churche desiring him to consider theyr firste estate when his fauoure shined towardes them to the entent that he might finish that worke that he had begon Thou hearde that Israell dost kepe geue eare and take good hede Which leadest Joseph lyke a sheepe Sing this as the lxvii and doest him watche and feede verse 2 Thou Lorde I say whose seate is set on cherubins so bryght shew forth thy selfe and do not let send downe thy beames of lyght verse 3 Before Ephraim and Beniamin Manasses eke lykewyse To shew thy power doo thou begin come healpe vs Lorde aryse verse 4 Direct our harts vnto thy grace conuert vs Lorde to thee Shew vs the brightnes of thy face and then full safe are wee verse 5 Lorde God of hostes of Israell Now long wilt thou I saye Agaynst thy folke in anger swell and wilt not heare them pray verse 6 Thou dost them fede with sorrowes depe their breade with teares they eate And drinke the teares that they do wepe in measure full and greate verse 7 Thou hast vs made a very stryfe to those that dwell aboute And that our
enquire For thine elect to lye in wayte theyr councell doth conspire verse 4 4 Come on sayd they let vs expell and plucke these folke awaye So that the name of Israell may vtterly decay verse 5 They all conspire within theyr hart how they may thee withstand Agaynst the Lorde to take a parte they are in league and bande verse 6 The tentes of all the Edomites the Ismalites also The Hagarenes and Moabites with diuers other more verse 7 Geball with Ammon and likewise dothe Amalece conspire The Phillistines against thee ryse with them that dwell at Cyre verse 8 And Assur eke is well apaide with them in league to be And doeth become afence and ayde to Lots posteritie verse 9 As thou diddest to the Madianites so serue them Lorde echeone As to Cicer and to Iabin beside the broke kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor diddest descry and wast them through thy might That they like doung on earth did lye and not in open sighte verse 11 Make them now theyr Lords appere like Zeb and Oreb then As Zebah and Zalmana we are the kynges of Madian verse 12 Whiche said let vs throughout the land in all the costes abrode Posses and take into our hand the fayer houses of God verse 13 Tourn them O God with storms as fast as wheeles that haue no staye Or lyke as chaffe whiche men doo cast with windes to flee awaye verse 14 Lyke as the fire with rage and fume the mightye forest spilles And as the flame doth quyte consume the mountaynes and the hilles verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath vpon theyr neckes be layde And of thy stormy wynde and shower Lorde make them all afrayed verse 16 Lorde brynge them all I thee desire to suche rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learne to seke thy name verse 17 And let them euermore dayly to shame and sclaunder fall And in rebuke and oblique to perish eke with all verse 18 That they may know fele full well that thou art called Lord And that alone thou doest excell and raygne throughout the worlde Quam dilecta tabernacula Psal. lxxxiiii I. H. Dauid driuen forth of his countrey desireth most ardently to come a gayne to the Tabernacle of the Lord and the assembly of the saincts to prayse God pronouncing them blessed that may so doo Then he prayseth the courage of the people that passe thorow the wildernes to assemble them selues in Sion Finally with prayse of this matter confidence of Gods goodnes he endeth the Psalme HOwe pleasaunt is the dwelling place Sing this as the. lxvii psalme O Lorde of hostes to mee The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasaunte Lorde they bee verse 2 My soule doth longe full sore to go into thy courtes abrode My hart doth lust my flesh also in thee the liuing God verse 3 The sparrowes finde a rome to rest and saue them selues from wrong And eke the swalow hath a neste wherin to kepe her yong verse 4 These birdes full nigh thine aulter maye haue place to sitte and synge O Lorde of hostes thou art I say my God and eke my kynge verse 5 Oh they be blessed that may dwell within thy house alwayse For they all tymes thy factes doo tell and euer geue thee prayse verse 6 yea happy sure lykewise arthey whose staye and strength thou art Which to thy house doo minde the way and seke it in theyr hart verse 7 As they go through the vale of teares they digge vp fountaynes still That as a spring it all appeeres and thou theyr pittes doest fill verse 8 From strength to strength they walke full fast no fayntnes there shalbe And so the God of Gods at laste in Sion they doo see verse 9 O Lorde of hostes to me geue heede and heare when I doo praye And let it through thine eares procede O Iacobes God I saye verse 10 O Lorde our shilde of thy good grace regarde and so draw nere Regarde I say beholde the face of thyne anoynted deere verse 11 For why within thy courtes one daye is better to abyde Then other where to keepe or staye a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Muche rather would I kepe a dore within the house of God Then in the tents of wickednes to settle mine abode verse 13 For God the Lorde light and defence will grace and worship geue And no good thing shall he witholde from them that purely lyue verse 14 O Lorde of hostes that man is blest and happy sure is he That is perswaded in his brest to trust all times in thee Benedixisti domine Psalme lxxxv I. H Because God with drewe not his roddes from his churche after the retorne from Babilon first they put him in mind of theyr delyueraūce to the entent that he should not leue the worcke of his grace vnperfite next they complaine of theyr long affliction And thirdlye the reioyce in hope of felicytie promised for their deliueraunce was a figure of Christes kingdome vnder which should be perfit felycitie THou hast ben mercyfull in dede Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. O Lorde vnto thy land For thou restoredst Iacobs sede from thraldom oute of bande verse 2 The wicked wayes that they were in thou didst them cleane remitte And thou didst hide thy peoples sinne full close thou coueredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that all thy wrath was gon And so didst tourne the from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health doo now conuert thy people vnto thee Put all thy wrath from vs aparte and anger cese to be verse 5 Why shall thyne anger neuer ende but still procede on vs And shall thy wrath it selfe extend vpon all ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather tourne therfore and quicken vs that we And all thy folke may euermore be glad and ioy in thee verse 7 O Lorde on vs doo thou declare thy goodnes to our welth Shew forth to vs and doo not spare thine ayde and sauing health verse 8 I will hark what God saith for he speaketh to his people peace And to his sainctes that neuer they returne to folishnes verse 9 For why his health is still at hand to suche as him doo feare Wherby great glory in our lande shall dwell and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shall mete in one to take their place And peace also iustice greete with kis and there they shall imbrace verse 11 As truth from earth shall spring a pace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shall shew her face and loke from heauen hye verse 12 Yea-God him selfe shall take in hand to geue vs eche good thinge And through the costes of all our land the earth her frutes shall bringe verse 13 Before his face shall iustice goe muche lyke a guide or stay He shall direct his steppes also and kepe them in the way Inclina domine aurem Psalm lxxxvi I. H. Dauid sore afflicted and forsaken
of all prayeth feruently for delyueraunce Somtimes rehearsing his miseryes somtymes the mercyes receyued desiring also to be enstructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and gloryfye his name He complayneth also of his aduersaryes and requyreth to be delyuered from them LOrde bow thine eare to my request Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. and heare me by and by With greuous payn and gref opprest full poore and weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my waye and doinges holly bee And saue thy seruaunte O my Lorde that puttes his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with all For through the day I doo not cease on thee to crye and call verse 4 Comfort O Lorde thy seruaunts soule that nowe with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lorde I extoll and lift my soule and minde verse 5 For thou arte good and bountifull thy giftes of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 O Lorde lyke wise when I doo pray regarde and geue an eare Mark well the words that I doo say and all my prayers heare verse 7 In time when troble doth me moue to thee I doo complayne For why I know and well doo proue thou answerest me agayne verse 8 Among the Gods O Lorde is none with thee to be comparde And none can doo as thou alone the lyke hath not ben harde verse 9 The Gentils and the peoples all whiche thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees will fall and gloryfye thy name verse 10 For why thou art so muche of might all power is thine owne Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teache me Lorde thy way and I shall in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dreade verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with all my hart O Lord And gloryfie thy name alwayse for euer through the worlde verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excell Thou settest my soule at libertie out from the lower hell verse 14 O Lorde the proude against me ryse and heapes of men of might They seeke my soule and in no wise will haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lorde art mercyfull and meeke full slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is full greate and eke thy truth no measure hathe verse 16 16 O turne me and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O help and saue thine owne seruaunte thy handmaides sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that all my foes may see And be ashamed because Lorde thou doest helpe and comfort me Fundamenta eius Psalm lxxxvii I. H The holy Ghost promiseth that the condicion of the Church whiche was in miserye after the captiuitie of Babilon shoulde be restored to great excelency so that there should be nothing more comfortable thē to be nombred among the membres therof THat city shall full well endure Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. her ground worke still doth staye vpon the holy hilles full sure it can no time decaye verse 2 God loues the gates of Sion best hys grace doth there abyde He loued them more then all the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Full glorious thinges reported be in Sion and abrod Great thinges I say are sayd of thee thou citie of our God verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and beare in minde the same And Babilon shall eke applye and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tire also with Ethiope likewise A people oulde full longe agoe were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp and the hie God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shall through Gods deuise appere Of Sion that the chefe of all had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as syng therin great plenty be My fountayns my pleasant springs are compast all in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme lxxxviii I. H Agrieuous complaynt of the faythfull sore afflicted by sicknes persecution and abuersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complayning him selfe to be forsaken of all yearthly healpe LOrde God of health y e hope staye thou art alone to me I call cry throughoute the daye and all the nighte to thee O let my prayers sone ascende vnto thy sight on hyghe enclyne thyne eare O Lorde entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is filled and doth in trouble dwell My lyfe and breath almost doth yelde and draweth nye to hell verse 4 I am estemd as one of them that in the pit doo fall And made as one among those men that haue no strength at all verse 5 As one amonge the dead and free from things that heare remayne It weare more easy for me to be with them the whiche are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I saye whom thou hast cleane forgot The whiche thy hand hath cut away and thou regardst them not Yea like to one shut vp full sure within the lower pit In places darke and all obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thyne anger and thy wrathe like wise full sore on me doth lye And all thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vex and trye verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of frō me and makst them hate me sore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth faile through grefe wo I call to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretche abrode verse 11 Doest thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shall dead to lyfe agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shall thy louing kindnes Lorde be preached in the graue Or shall with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shall they that lye in darke full lowe of all thy wonders wotte Or there shall they thy iustice knowe where all thinges are forgot verse 14 But I O Lorde to thee alwaye doo crye and call apace My prayer eare it be daye shall come before thy face verse 15 Why dost thou Lorde abhorre my soule in grefe that seeketh thee And now O Lorde why dost thou hide thy face awaye from me verse 16 I am afflicte as dying still from youthe this many a yere Thy terrours whiche doo vexe me ill with troubled minde I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathfull rage full sore vpon me fall Thy terrours eke doo not asswage but me oppres with all verse 18 All day they compas me aboute as water at the tide And all at once with streames ful stoute beset me on eche side verse 19 Thou
settest far from me my frendes and louers euery one Yea and mine oulde acquaintance all out of my sight are gone Miserecordias domini Psalme lxxxix IH With many words doth the prophet prayse the goodnes of God for his testament and couenaunt that he had made betwene him and his elect by Iesu Christ the sonne of Dauid Then dothe he complayne of the greate ruine and desolation of the kingdome of Dauid so that to the outward aperaunce the promis was broken Finally he prayeth to be delyuered from his aflictions making mention of the shortnes of mans lyfe and confirming him selfe by Gods promises TO syng the mercyes of the Lorde Sing this as the. lxvii my tounge shall neuer spare And with my mouth from age to age thy truthe I will declare verse 2 2 For I haue sayd that mercye shall for euermore remayne In that thou dost the heauens stay thy truth appeareth playne verse 3 To myne elect sayth God I made a couenant and be hest My seruaunt Dauid to perswade I swore and did protest verse 4 Thy seede for euer I will stay and stablish it full fast And still vphoulde thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew with ioy and mirth thy wondrous workes O Lorde Thy saincts within thy church on earth thy faith and truth recorde verse 6 Who with the Lorde is equall then in all the cloudes abrode Amonge the sonnes of all the Gods what one is like our God God in assemble of the sainctes is greatly to be drad And ouer all that dwell about in terror to be had verse 8 Lorde God of hostes in all the worlde what one is lyke to thee On euery side most mighty Lorde ▪ thy truthe is sene to be verse 9 The raging sea by thine aduice thou rulest at thy wyll And when the waues therof aryse thou makst them calme and still verse 10 And Egipt thou Lord hast subdued and thou hast it destroyed Yea thou thy foes with mighty arme hast scattred all abrode verse 11 The heauens thine and still haue ben lykewyse the earth and laude The worlde with all that is therin thou foundest with thy hand verse 12 Both north and south with est and west thy selfe didst make and frame Both Tabor mount and Hermon reioyse and prayse thy name verse 13 Thyne arme is strong and ful of power all might therin doth lye The strength of thy right hand eche houre thou liftest vp on hie verse 14 In righteousnes and equitie thou hast thy seate and place Mercy and truthe are still with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folke is blest that knoweth a right thy present power O God For in the fauoure of thy sight they walke full safe abrode verse 16 For in thy name throughout the daye they ioy and muche reioyce ▪ And through thy rightousnes haue they a pleasaunt fame and noyse verse 17 For why theyr glory strength and ayde in thee alone doth lye Thy goodnes eke that hath vs stayed shall lyfte our horne on hye verse 18 Our strength that doth defend vs well the Lorde to vs doth brynge The holly one of Israell he is oure gide and kyng verse 19 Somtime thy will vnto thy sainctes in visions thou didst show And thus then didst thou say to them thy mind to make them know verse 20 A man of might haue I erect your king and gyde to be And set vp him whom I elect amonge the folke to me verse 21 My seruaunt dauid I appoynte whom I haue searched oute And with my holy oyle anoynte him king of all the route verse 22 For why my hand is redy still with him for to remayne And with mine arme also I will him strengthen and sustayne verse 23 The ennemies shall not him oppres they shall him not deuoure Ne yet the sonnes of wickednes of him shall haue no power verse 24 His foes likewyse will I destroy before his face in sighte And those that hate him I will plage and stryke them with my mighte verse 25 My truth and mercy eke with all shall still vpon him lye And in my name his horne eke shall be lifted vp on hye verse 26 His kingdome I will set to be vpon the sea and sand And eke the running flouds shall he embrace with his right hand verse 27 He shall depend with all hys hart on me and thus shall saye My father and my God thou arte my rocke of health and staye verse 27 As one first borne I will him take of all on earth that sprynges His might and honour I shall make aboue all worldly kynges verse 29 My mercy shalbe with him styll as I my sealfe haue toulde My faythfull couenaunt to fullfill my mercy I will houlde verse 30 And eke his seede will I sustayne for euer strong and sure So that his seate shall still remayne whyle heauen doth endure verse 31 If that his sonnes forsake my lawe and so begin to swerue And of my iudgements haue none awe nor will not them obserue verse 32 32 Or if they doo not vse aryght my statutes to them made And set all my commaundments light and will not keepe my trade verse 33 Then with the rod will I begin theyr doinges to amend And so with scourging for theyr sin when that they doo offend verse 34 My mercy yet and my goodnes I will not take him froe Nor handle him with craftines and so my truthe forgoe verse 35 But sure my couenaunte I will hould with all that I haue spoke No word the which my lippes haue told shall alter or be broke verse 36 Once swore I by myne holynes and that performe will I With Dauid I shall kepe promise to him I will not lye verse 37 His seede for euermore shall rayne and eke his throne of might As doeth the sonne it shall remayne for euer in my sight verse 38 And as the mone within the skye for euer standeth fast A faythfull witnes from on hie so shall his kingdom laste verse 39 But now O Lorde thou dost reiect and now thou chaungest chere Yea thou art wrothe with thine elect thine owne anoynted dere verse 40 The couenant which thy seruaūt made Lorde thou hast quite vndone And downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royall crowne verse 41 Thou pluckst his hedges vp with might his walles doest thou confounde Thou beatest eke his bulworkes downe and breakst them to the ground verse 42 That he is sore destroyed and forne of commers by throughoute And so is made a mocke and scorne to all that dwell aboute verse 43 Thou their right hand hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy And all his foes that him deuoure loe thou hast made to ioy verse 44 His swerds edg thou doest take away that should his foes withstand To him in warre no victorye thou geuest nor vpperhand verse 45 His glory thou dost also waste his throne his ioy and mirth By thee is ouerthrowne add cast full
low vpon the earthe verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made full short his youth and lusty dayes And raysed of him an ill reporte with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne And shall thine anger still alwaye as fire consume and bourne verse 48 O call to minde remembre then my time consumeth fast Why hast thou the sonnes of men as thinges in vayne to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shall neuer see Or from the hand of hell his soule shall he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O lord thine oulde goodnes so oft declared beforne Whiche by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to minde doo call that on thy seruauntes lye The rayling of the people all borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lorde thyne enemies blasphemed haue thy name The steppes of thine anoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 All prayse to thee O Lorde of hostes bothe now and eke for aye Through skie and earth in all the costes Amen amen I saye Domine refugium Psal. lxxxx I. H Moyses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are nether admonished by the breuitie of theyr lyfe nor by his plages to be thanckefull Therfore Moyses prayeth God to tourne their hartes and continew his mercies towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer THou Lorde hast ben our suer defence Sing this as the. lxxviii Ps. Our place of ease and rest In all times past yea so longe sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mountaine or hill the earth or worlde abrod From age to age and alwayse still for euer thou art God verse 3 Thou grindest man through gref paine to dust or clay and then And then thou sayst agayne returne againe ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sighte As yester day it doth appere or as a watche one nighte verse 5 So sone as thou doest scattre them then is their life and trade All as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty soone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines full bright but fadeth by and by And is cut downe ere it be night all withered dead and drye verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is muche decayed And of thy seruent wrath and sume we are full sore afrayed verse 8 The wicked works y t we haue wrought thou setst before thine eye Our priuie faultes yea eke our thought thy countenaunce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our daies do wast therof doth nought remayne Our yeres consume as wordes or blast and are not called agayne verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we doo liue on molde If one see fourescore surely then we count him wonders oulde verse 11 Yet of this tune the strength and chief the whiche we counte vpon Is nothing els but painfull grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what strength is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doeth the feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lorde to know and try how longe our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdom to attayne verse 14 Retourn O Lord how long wilt thou fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruauntes now and healp them at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy soone and then our ioie shalbe All times so long as lyfe doth last in harte reioyce shall we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before nowe also make vs glad And for the yeres wherin full sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appere and on thy seruauntes lyght And shew vnto their children dere thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruauntes thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lorde prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme lxxxxi I. H Here is described in what assurance he lyueth that putteth his whole trust in God and committeth him selfe whollye to his protection in all temptacyons A promise of God to those that loue hym know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immortall glory HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwell In shadodw of the mightiest grace at rest shall kepe him well verse 2 Thou art my hope and my strong hold I to the Lorde will say My God on hye in him will I my whole affiance stay verse 3 He shall defend thee from the snare the whiche the hunter layde And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayed verse 4 And with his winges shall couer thee and keepe thee safely there His fayth and truth thy fence shalbe as sure as sheld and speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not neede I saye to feare or be afflighte Of all the shafts that flye by daye nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priutlye doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that whiche doth destroye and at none dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy syde as thou doest stand a thousand dead shalbe Ten thousand eke at thy right hande and yet shalt thou be free verse 8 But thou shalte see it for thy parte thyne eyse shall well regarde That euen lyk to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lorde I only lust to stay my hope on thee And in the hiest I put my trust my sure defence is he verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none ill to feare with thee it shall not mell Nor yet the plage shall once come nere thy house where thou dost dwell verse 11 For why vnto his aungels all with charge commaundeth hee That still in all thy wayes they shall preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in thy handes shall the beare vp still wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shall neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Upon the Lyon thou shalt go the adderfell and longe And treade vpon the Liones yong with dragons stoute and stronge verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I will dispatch him quite And him defend because that he dothe know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth crye an aunswer I will geue And from his grefe take him will I in glory for to lyue verse 16 2With length of yeres dayes of welth I will fulfill his time The goodnes of my sauing health I will declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalm lxxxxii I. H This Psalme was made to be soung on the sabaoth to stir vp the people to acknowledge God and to prayse him in his workes The Prophet reioyseth therin But the wicked is not able to cōsidre that the vngodlye when he his most
florishing shall most spedely peryshe In the end is discribed the felicitie of the iust planted in the house of god to prayse the Lorde IT is a thing bothe good and meete to praise the highest Lorde And to thine name O thou most hye to sing in one accorde verse 2 To shew the kindnes of the Lorde betime ere day be light And eke declare his truth abrode when it doth draw to nyght verse 3 Upon ten strynged instrument on lute and harpe so swete With all the mirth you can inuent of instruments most meete verse 4 For thou hast made me to reioyse in thinges so wrought by thee And I haue ioy in harte and voyce thy handy workes to see verse 5 O Lorde how glorious and how great are all thy workes so stoute So deeply are thy counsels set that none can try them out verse 6 The man vnwise hath not the wit this geare to pas to bring And all such fooles are nothing fit to vnderstand this thyng verse 7 When so the wicked at their will as gras doo spring ful fast They when they florish in their ill for euer shalbe wast verse 8 But thou art mighty Lord most hye yea thou dost raygne therfore In euery time eternally both now euermore verse 9 For why O Lorde beholde and see beholde thy foes I say How all that worke iniquitie shall perish and decay verse 10 But thou like as an Unicorne shall lift my horne on hie With freshe and new prepard oyle thine ointed king am I. verse 11 And of my foes before mine eyes shall see the fall and shame Of all that vp against me rise myne eare shall heare the same verse 12 The iust shall florish vp on hie as date trees bud and blowe And as the ceders multiplye in Lybanus that growe verse 13 For they are planted in the place and dwelling of our God within his courtes they spring apace and florish all abrode verse 14 And in their age more frute shall bryng bothe fat and well besene And pleasauntly both bud and spryng with boughes and braunches grene verse 15 To shew that God is good and iust and vpright is his will He is my rocke my hope and trust in him there is none ill Dominus regnauit Psalm lxxxxiii I. H He prayseth the power of God in the creation of the world beateth downe all people whiche lifte them vp against his maiestye and prouoketh to consider his promises THe Lorde as king a loft doth raygne Sing this as the. lxxvii psalme in glory goodly dighte And he to shew his strength mayne hath girt him self with might verse 2 The Lord likewise the earth hath made and shaped it so sure No might can make it moue or sad at stay it doeth endure verse 3 Eare that y e world was made or wrought thy seate was set before Beyond all time that can be thought thou hast ben euermore verse 4 The flouds O Lord the floudes do rise they rore and make a noyse The flouddes I say did enterpryse and lyfted vp theyr voyce verse 5 Yea though the stormes before in sight though seas do rage and swell The Lord is strong and more of might for he on hye doth dwell verse 6 And loke what promise he doth make his houshoulde to defend For iust and true they shall it take all times withouten ende Deus vltionum Psalm lxxxxiiii I. H. He praieth vnto God against the violence arrogancie of tyrauntes Then doth he comfort the afflicted by the good issue of their affectyons as he felte in him selfe and did see in others and by the ruine of the wicked whom the Lorde will destroye O Lorde thou doest reueng all wronge Sing this as the. psalme that office longes to thee Sith vengaunce doth to thee belonge declare that all may see Set forth thy sealfe for thou of ryght the earth dost iudge and give Reward the proud and men of might according to theyr pride verse 3 How long shal wicked men beare sway with lifting vp theyr voyce How long shall wicked men I say thus trihumph and reioyce verse 4 How long shall they with brags brust out and proudly prate theyr fill Shall they reioyce whiche be so stoute whose works are euer ill verse 5 Thy flocke O Lorde thine heritage they spoyle and vex full sore Against thy people they doo rage still dayly more and more verse 6 The widdowes whiche are comfortles and straungers they destroy They slea the children fatherles and none doth put them by verse 7 And when they take these things in hād this talke they haue of thee Can Iacobs God this vnderstand tush no he can not see verse 8 O folke vnwise a people rude some knowledg now discearne ye fooles amonge the multitude at length begin to learn verse 9 The lord which made the eare of man he needes of right must heare He made the eyne all things must then before his sight appeare verse 10 10 The Lorde doth all the world correct and make men vnderstand shall he not then your deedes detect how can ye scape his hand verse 11 The lord doth know the thoughts of mā his hart he setteth full playne The lord I say mens thoughts doth frame and findeth them but vayne verse 12 But Lorde that Man is happy sure whom thou doest kepe in awe And through correction doest procure to teache him in thy law verse 13 Wherby he shall in quyet rest in time of trouble sitte When wicked men shalbe supprest and fall into the pit verse 14 For sure the Lorde will not refuse his people for to take His heritage whom he did chuse he will no time forsake verse 15 Untill that iudgement be decrede to iustice to conuert That all may follow her with spede that are of vpright hart verse 16 But who vpon my part shall stande against the cursed trayne Or who shall rid me from their hand that wicked workes maintayne verse 17 Except the Lorde had ben myn ayde mine enmies to repell My soule and lyfe had now ben layde almost as low as hell verse 18 When I did saye my foote doth slide and now am lyke to fall Thy goodnes Lorde did so prouide to stay me vp with all verse 19 When with my selfe I mused muche and could no comfort finde Then Lorde thy goodnes did me touch and that did ease my minde verse 20 Wilt thou enhaunte thy selfe and draw with wicked men to sit Which with pretence in stede of lawe muche mischief doo commit verse 21 For they consoult against the lyfe of righteous men and good And in theyr councells they are ryfe to sheade the giltles bloud verse 22 But yet the Lorde he is to me a strong defence or locke He is my God to him I flee he is my strength and rock And he shall cause their mischefe all them sealues for to annoye And in their malice they shall fall our God shall them destroye Venite exultemus Psalme lxxxxv I. H An earnest
frute of all theyr strength and might With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to passe And in the number of their tribes no feble one there was Egipt was glad and ioyfull then when they did thense depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon theyr hart To shroude them frō the parching heat a cloude he did display And fire he sent to geue them lyght when night had hid the day They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at their request And fully with the bread of heauen their hunger be represt He opend then the stony rock and waters gushed out And in the drye and parched groundes lyke riuers ranne about For of his holy couenant ay myndefull was he thoe Which to his seruant Abraham he plighted long agoe He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruell land where they had lyued in great anoye And of the heathen men he gaue to them the frutefull landes The labors of the people eke they toke into theyr hands That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore And faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lorde therfore Confitemine domino Psal. Cvi N. The people dispersed vnder Antiochus doo magnifie the goodnes of God emonge the iust and repentant Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull vysytacion And after the manifold meruayles of God wrought in their deliueraunce forth of Egipt and the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they doo praye and dedesier to be gathered from among the Heathē to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israell PRayse ye the Lod for he is good Sing this as the. lxxxxv his mercye dures for ay Who can expresse his noble actes or all his prayse display They blessed are that iugment kepe and iustly doo alwaye With fauour of thy people Lorde remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lorde vouchesafe to visite me That I the great felicytie of thine elect may see And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyfull minde posses And may with thine inheritance a glorying hart expres Bothe we and eke our fathers all haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and leudly we haue done The wonders great which thou O lord hast done in Egipt land Our fathers though they saw them al yet did not vnderstand Nor they thy mercies multitude did kepe in thankfull mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind Neuertheles he saued them for honor of hys name That he might make his power knowne and spred abrode with fame The red sea he did then rebuke and forthwith it was dryed And as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitefull soo And from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The second parte The waters their oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue Then they beleued his wordes praise in song they did him geue But by and by vnthankefully his workes they cleane forgat And for his counsell and his will they did neglect to wayte But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust And in the desert tempted God the stay of all theyr trust And then theyr wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue but wasting leannes ther withall into their soule he gaue Then when they lodged in the tentes at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lorde so did they enuie muche Therfore the earth did open wide and Dathan did deuoure And all Abrams companye did couer in that houre In their assemblie kindled was the whote consuming fyre And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire Upon the hill of Horeb they an idole calf did frame And there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse Thus they their glory turnd and all their honor did deface And God their only sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mighty things in Egip land hadt wrought The third parte And in the land of Ham for them most wondrous works had done And by the red sea dredfull things performed long agone Therfore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkind To bring destruction on them all he purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moses stoode before them in the breake To turne his wrath lest he on them with slaughter should him wreke They did despise the pleasant land that he beheght to geue Yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repined Nor to the voyce of God the Lorde they gaue a harkning mynde Therfore against them lifted he his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernes ere they should see the land And to destroy theyr sede among the nations with his rod And through the contrees of the world to scatter them abrode To Baal Peor then they did adioyne themselues also And eate the offringes of the dead so they forsoke him tho Thus with theyr owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so inkindled wrath the plage vpon them broke But Phineas stoode vp with zeale the sinners vile to stay And iudgement he did execute and then the plage did stay The. iiii parte It was imputed vnto him for righteousnes that day And from thenceforth so compted is from race to race foraye At waters eke of Meribah they did him angry make Yea so far fourth that Moses was then punisht for theyr sake Because they vext his sprite so sore that in impatient heate His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruor was so greate Nor as the Lorde commaunded them they slew the people thoe But were among the heathen mixt and learnde their workes also And did their idoles serue whiche were their ruine and decay To feends their sonnes daughters they did offer vp and slay yea with vnkindly murdring knife the giltles bloud they spilt yea theyr owne sons daughters bloud without all cause of gilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offerd with wicked hand And so with blood of innocents defyled was the land Thus wer they stayned with the works of their owne filthy way And with their owne inuentions a whoring did they stray Therfore against his people was the Lordes wrath kind led sore And euen his owne in heritance therfore he did abhorre Into the handes of heathen men he gaue them for a prey And made theyr foes the lords whō they were forced to obey The v parte Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoope as subiectes to theyr hand Full oftentimes from thrall had he deliuerd them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouoked him euermore Therfore they by their wickednes were brought full low to lye yet when he saw them in distres he harkned to theyr crye He calld to
mind his couenant which he to them had swore And by his mercies multitude repented him therfore And fauour he them made to finde before the sight of those That led them captiue from their land when erst they were their foes Saue vs O Lorde that art our God saue vs O Lord we pray And from among the Heathen folke Lorde gather vs away That we may spred the noble prayse of thy most holy name That we may glory in thy prayse and sounding of thy fame The Lorde the God of Israell be blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme Cvii VV. K. The Prophet exhorteth all those that are redemed by the Lord and gathered vnto hym to geue thankes for this mercyfull prouidence of God gouerning all thynges at his good pleasure sending good and euill prosperitie and aduersitie to bryng men vnto him Therfore as the righteous thereat reioyce so shall the wicked haue their mouthes stopped GEue thankes vnto the Lorde our God Sing this as the. xxix Psal. for gratious is he And that his mercy hath none ende all mortall men may se. verse 2 Suthe as the Lorde redemed hathe with thanks should prayse his name And shew how they from foes wet fred and yow he wrought the same verse 3 He gathered them forth of the landes that lay so farre about From East to west from north to south his hand did finde them out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernes and strayed from the way And founde no citie where to dwell that serue might for theyr stay verse 5 Whose thirst and honger was so great in these desertes so voyde That faintnes did them sore assalt and eke their soules anoyde verse 6 Then did they crye in their distres vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 7 And by that way which was most right be led them like a guide That they might to a citie go and there also abide verse 8 Let men therfore before the Lorde confes his goodnes then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For he the emptie soule sustaynde whom thirst had made to faynte The hungrie soule with goodnes fed and did them eke acquainte verse 10 Suche as doo dwell in darkenes depe where they of death do wayte Fast bound to tast such troublous storms as yron chains doo threate The second parte verse 11 For that against the lords owne words they sought so to rebell Esteming light his counsels high which doo so farre excell verse 12 But when he humbled them full lowe they then fell downe with grief And none was found so muche to helpe wherby to get relief verse 13 Then did they crye in their distres vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 14 For he from darknes out them brought and from deaths dredfull shade Bursting with force the yron bandes which did before them lade verse 15 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For he threw downe their gates of bras and brake them with strong hand Theyron barres he smote in two nothing could him withstand verse 17 The foolish folke great plagues do fele and cannot from them wend But hepe on me to those they haue because they doo offend verse 18 Their soule so much did lothe all meat that none they coulde abyde Wherby death had them almost caught as they full truly tryde verse 19 Then did they crye in theyr distres vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 20 For he then sent to them his worde whiche health did sone restore And brought them frō those dangers depe wherin they were before The thyrde parte verse 21 Let men therfore before the Lorde confes his kindnes then And shew the wonders that he doeth before the sonnes of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice with thankes and also feare And speake of all his wondrous works with glad and ioyfull cheare verse 23 Suche as in shippes or brittell barkes into the seas descend Their marchandise through fearful flods to compas and to ende verse 24 Those men are forced to beholde the Lordes workes what they be And in the dangerous depe the same most marueilous they see verse 25 For at his worde the stormie winde ariseth in a rage And stirreth vp the surges so as nought can them asswage verse 26 Then are they lifted by so hygh the clouds they seme to gayne And plunging downe the depth vntill theyr soules consume with payne verse 27 And like a drunkard to and fro now here now there they reele As men with teare of wit bereft or had of sense no feele verse 28 Then did they cry in theyr distresse vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 29 For with his word the Lord doth make the sturdie storme to cease So that the gret waues frō their rage are brought to rest and peace verse 30 Then are men glad when rest is come which they so muche doo craue And are by him in hauen brought which they so fayne woulde haue The forth parte verse 31 Let men therfore before the Lorde confes his kindenes then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sounes of men verse 32 32 Let them in presence of the folke with prayse extoll his name And where the elders doo conuent let them there doo the same verse 33 For running floods to dry desertes he doeth oft change and turne And dryeth vp as it were dust the springing well and burne verse 34 A frutefull land with pleasures deckt full barren doeth he make When on their sinnes which dwell therin he doeth iust vengeance take verse 35 Againe the wildernes full rude he maketh frute to beare With pleasant springs of water cleare though none before were there verse 36 Wherin suche hungrye soules are set as he doeth freely chuse That they a citie may them buylde to dwell in for theyr vse verse 37 That they may sow theyr pleasant lād and vineyardes also plant To yelde them frutes of suche increase as none may seme to want verse 38 They multiplye exceadingly the Lord doeth bles them so Who doeth also their brut beastes make by numbers great to growe verse 39 But whē the faithfull are low brought by the oppressors stoute And minish do through many plagues that compas them about verse 40 Then doeth he princes bring to shame which did them so oppres And likewise caused them to erre within the wildernes verse 41 But yet the poore he rayseth vp out of his troubles depe And oft times doeth his trayne augmēt muche like a flocke of shepe verse 42 The righteous shall beholde this sight and also muche reioyce whereas the wicked and
peruerse with grief shall stop theyr voyce verse 43 But who is wise that now full well he may these thinges recorde For certeinly suche shall perceyue the kindnes of the Lorde Paratum cor meum Psalme Cviii. N. This psalme is composed of two other psalmes before the seuen and fyftye and the sixtie The matter here conteyned is That Dauid geueth himselfe with harte and voyce to prayse the Lorde and assureth him selfe of the promes of God concerning his kingdome ouer Israell and his power against other nations who though he seme for to forsake vs for a time yet he alone in the ende will caste downe our enemies O God my harte prepared is Sing this as the. lxxxxv and eke my tong is so I will aduaunce my voyce in song and geuyug prayse also Awake my viole and my harp swete melody to make And in the morning I my selfe right early will awake By me among the people Lorde still praysed shalt thou be And I among the Heathen folke will sing O Lorde to thee Because thy mercie Lorde is great aboue the heauens hie And eke thy truth doth reche the clouds within the lofty skye Aboue the sterry heauens heighth exalt thy selfe O God And Lorde display vpon the earth thy glory all abrode That thy derely beloued may be set at libertie Helpe O my God with thy righte hand and harken vnto me God in his holines hath spoke wherfore my ioyes abound Sychem I shall diuide and mete the vale of Sucoth ground And Gilead shall be myne owne Manasses mine shall be My hed strength Ephraim and Law shall Iuda geue for me Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom will I throwe Upon the land of Palestine in triumph will I goo Who shall into the citie strong be guide to conduict me Or who by whom to Edom land conueyed shall I be Is it not thou O God which late hadst vs forsaken quyte And thou O Lorde which with our host didst not goe fourth to fyght Geue vs O Lorde thy sauing ayde when trouble doth assayle For all the helpe of man is vayne and can no whit auayle Through God we shal do valiant acts and worthy of renowne He shall subdue our enemies ye he shall treade them downe Deus laudem meam Psalme Cix N. Dauid being falslye accused by flatterers vnto Sawl prayeth God to helpe him and to destroye his enemyes And vnder them he speaketh of Iudas the traitour vnto Iesus Christ and of all the like enemyes of the children of God And desireth so to be deliuered that his enemies may know the work of God Then doth he promise to geue prayses vnto God IN specheles silence doo not holde O God thy tong alwayes Sing this as the. lxxxxv O God euen thou I say that art the God of all my prayse The wicked mouth and gilefull mouth on me disclosed be And they with false and lying tong haue spoken vnto me Euen so doo I departe away as doth declynyng shade And as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade With fastyng longe from nedefull fode enfebled are my knees And all her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to lese And I also a vyle reproche to them was made to be And they that did vpon me loke did shake theyr heds at me But thou O Lorde that art my God myne ayde and succour be Accordyng to thy merycy Lorde saue and delyuer me And they shall know thereby that thys Lord is thy myghty hand And that thou thou hast done it Lorde so shall they vnderstande Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles with louyng voyce They shall aryse and come to shame thy seruant shall reioyse Let them be clothed all with shame that enmies are to me â–ª And with confusyon as a cloke eke couerd let them be But greatly I will with mg mouthe geue thankes vnto the Lorde And I among the multitude hys prayses will recorde For he with help at hys ryght hand will stande the pooreman by To saue hym from the men that wold condemne his soule to dye Dixit dominus domino Plalm Cx. N Dauid prophecyeth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Chryste and of hys Pristhod whyche shoulde put an ende to the Pristode of Leuy Sing this as the. lxviii Psalm THe Lorde did say vnto my Lorde Sit thou at my right hande Till I haue made thy foes a stoule wheron thy fete shall stande The Lorde shall out of Syon send the scepture of thy myght A midde thy mortall foes be thou the ruler in theyr syght And in the day on which they reigne and power they shall see Then hearby frewill offringes shall thy people offer thee Yea with a holy worshiping then shall they offer all Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth from wombe of morning fall The Lorde hath sworne and neuer will repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay The Lord thy God on thy righthand that standeth for thy stay Shal wound for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathfull day The Heathen he shall iudge and fill the place with bodies dead And ouer diuerse contreyes shall in sonder smite the head And he shall drink out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shall lift vp on hye his ryall hed that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalm Cxi N He geueth thanks to the Lord for his mercifull works towards his church declareth wherin true wisdom right knowledg coÌ„sisteth WIth hart I doo accord To praise laud the Lord Inpresence of the iuste For great his workes are founde To search them suche are bounde as doo hym loue and trust Hys workes are glorious Also his rightousnes It doeth indure for euer His wondrous works he wolde we still remembre shoulde his mercye fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as doo loue him beare a portion full faire He hath vp for them laid For this they shall well finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightnings and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand verse 7 Of all his workes insueth bothe iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend they are decreed sure verse 8 For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuayle his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hart full layne true wisdom wolde attayne The Lorde feare and obey suche as his Lawes doo kepe Shall knowledge haue full depe his prayse shall last for aye Beatus vir Psalme Cxii VV. K. He prayseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the â—â—rsed state of the contemners of God THe man is blest that god doth feare And that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God will vpreare And bles such as from him
name delyuer me for good thy mercies be Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and pore And eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore Them that be fearers of the Lord the lorde will blesse them all Euen he will blesse them euery one the great and eke the small To you I say the louing Lord will multiplie his grace To you and to the children that shall follow of your race Ye are the blessed of the Lorde euen of the lorde I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made and set in stay The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accorde They that be dead doo not with prayse setfourth the Lordes renoume Nor any that into the place of silence doo goe downe But we will prayse the Lorde our god from hencefourth and foray Sound ye the prayses of the Lorde prayse ye the Lorde I say Dilexi quoniam Psalme Cxvi N Dauid being in great daunger of Saull in the desert of Mammon perceiuing the great and inestimable loue of God toward him mangnyfyeth suche great mercyes and protesteth that he will be thankful for the same I Loue the Lord because my voyce and prayer hearde hath he Sing this as the. lxxxxv When in my dayes I cald on him he bowed his eare to me Euen when the snares of cruell death about beset me round When paynes of hell me caught when I wo and sorow found vpon the name of God my Lorde then did I call and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lorde I doo thee humbly pray The Lorde is very mercyfull and iust he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flowe The Lorde in safetie doth preserue all those that simple be I was in wofull miserye and he releued me And now my soule sith thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the Lorde to thee his bountie hath exprest Because thou hast delyuered my soule from deadly thrall My Moisted eien from mournful teares my slidyng fete from fall Before the Lorde I in the land of life will walke therfore I did beleue therfore I spake for I was trobled sore I sayd in my distres and feare that all men lyers bee What shall I pay the Lorde for all his benefites to me The holsome cup of sauing health I thankefully will take And on the Lordes name I will call when I my prayer make I to the Lorde will pay the vowes that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present time in all his peoples sight Right deare and precious in his sight the Lorde doth ay esteme The death of all his holy ones what euer men do deme Thy seruant Lorde thy seruant loe I doo my selfe confes Son of thy handmayd thou hast broke the bonds of my distres And I will offer vp to thee a sacryfyce of prayse And I will call vpon the name of God the Lorde alwayes I to the Lorde will pay the voues that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present tyme in all his peoples sight yea in the courtes of Gods owne house and in the middes of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherfore the Lorde prayse ye Laudate dominum Psalme Cxvii N. He exhorteth the Gentels to prayse God because he hath accomplished as well to them as to the Iewes the promys of lyfe euerlastyng by Iesus Chryst. O All the natyons of the worlde Prayse ye the Lorde alwayes Sing this as the. ixxxxv And all ye people euery where set fourth hys noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truthe endures for ay Wherfore prayse ye the Lorde our God prayse ye the Lorde I say Confitemini domino Psalme CXviii M. Dauid reiectid of Saule and of the people at the tyme apoynted obtained the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that seare the Lord tobe thankefull and vnder hys person in all thys was Christ lyuely setforthe who should be of hys people reiected O Geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde Sing this as a 115. Psalme for gratious is he Because his mercy doth endure â–ª for euer towardes thee Let Israell confes and say hys mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say hys mercye dures for aye Let all that feare the Lorde our God euen now confesse and say The mercye of the Lorde our God endureth still for aye In trouble and in heuines vnto the Lorde I cride Whiche louingly hard me at large my sute was not denyde The Lorde hym selfe is on my syde I will not stande in dout Nor feare what man can doo to me when God standth me about The lord doth take my parte with them that helpe to succour me Therfore I shall see my desire apon myne enemye Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortall sede Or to put confidence in kynges or princes in our nede All nations haue in closed me and compassed me rounde But in the name of God shall I myne enemies confounde They kept me on euery side they kept me in I say But through the lords most mightie name I shall worke theyr decay They came about me all like bees but yet in the lordes name I quencht their thornes that wer on fire and will destroy the same Thou hast with force thrust fore at me that I in dede might fall But through the lord I found suche help that they wer vanquist all The lorde is my defence and strengthe my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in dede a sauiour most strong The right hand of the lord our God doth bring to pas great thinges He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightous mennes dwellynges The right hand of the lorde doth bring most mighty thinges to pas his hand hath the preeminens his force is as it was I will not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare The lord his might wondrous power his workes and what they are The lorde himselfe hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the lordes prayse to confes This is the gate euen of the lorde whiche shall not so he shut But good and righteous men alway shall enter into it I will geue thankes to thee O Lorde because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me The stone whiche ere this time among the builders was refused is now become the corner stone and chefely to be vsed Thys was the myghty work of God this was the Lordes owne fact And it is maruelous to be holde with eyes that noble act This is the ioyfull day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mind and thought Now helpe me Lorde and prosper vs we wishe with one accorde Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name
of the Lorde God is the Lorde that sheweth vs lyght bynde ye therfore with corde Your sacrifice to the alter and geue thankes to the Lorde Thou art my God I will confes and render thankes to thee Thou art my God and I will prayse thy mercy towardes me O geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde for gratious is he Because his mercy dothe endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalm Cxix VV. VV. In thys psalme is contayned an exquisit art and a wonderfull vehemencye in settyng forth the prayses of gods law wherin the Prophet cannot satisfye hymselfe nor sufficyently expres the affection whiche he beareth thereunto adding moreouer manye notable complaynts consolatyons wherefore it is mete that all the faythfull haue it alway bothe in harte and mouthe and in the Ebrue euery vii verses begyn with one lerter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in mind hart whose liues and conuersation frō Gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue them selues hys statutes to obserue Sekyng the Lorde with all theyr hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astraye nor doo no wicked thing Whiche stedfastly walke in his pathes without any wandring verse 4 It is thy wyll and commaundement that with attentiue hede Thy noble and deuyne precepts we learne and kepe in dede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to adres That I myght bothe in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe atteyne whylst I thus set myne eyes And bende my mynde alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I prayse with vpright hart and magnifye thy name When I shall learne thy iudgements iust and lykewyse proue the same verse 8 And wholy will I geue my selfe to kepe thy lawes most ryght For sake me not for euer Lorde but shew thy grace and myght The. ii parte MTH verse 9 By what meanes may a yong man best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his tyme spend verse 10 Unfaynedly I haue thee sought and thusse kyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lorde from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart and secret thoughtes thy wordes I haue hyd styll That I might not at any tyme offende thy godly wyll verse 12 We magnifye thy name O Lorde and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lorde teache me therfore verse 13 My lippes haue neuer ceast to preache and publysh day and nyght The iudgments all whiche did procede from thy mouth full of might verse 24 Thy testymonies and thy wayes please me noles in dede Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlings make theyr mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I will still muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so will I aime thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My only ioy shalbe so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynde that I thy wordes for get The thyrd parte MMEL Graunt to thy seruaunt now such grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy worde then will I kepe bothe in my hart and tong verse 18 18 Mine eies whiche were dim shut vp so open and make bryght That of thy law and merueilous works I may haue the cleare syght verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandring now here now there Thy worde therfore to me disclose my fotesteppes for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgments hie and what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malitious thou hast destroyd echone And cursed are suche as doo not thy hests attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me from rebuke and shame whiche wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenaunts with zele as hote as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sat and did against me speake But then thy seruaunt thought how he thy statutes myght not breake verse 24 For why thy couenants are my ioy and my great harts solace They serue in stede of counsellers my matters for to pas The. iiii parte DALETH verse 25 I am alas as brought to graue and almost turnd to dust Restore therfore my lyfe agayne as thy promise is iust verse 26 My wayes when I acknowledged with mercy thou didst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teache me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy workes then will Imeditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I fele so sore opprest that it melteth for grief According to thy word therfore hast Lorde to sende relyef verse 29 From lying and deceitfull lyppes let thy grace me defend And that I may learue thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and founde I set thy iudgement me before whiche kepe me safe and sound verse 33 Since then O Lord I forced my selfe thy couenants to embrase Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then will I runne with ioyfull cheare where thy worde doth me call When thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thrall The. v. parte H E verse 33 Instruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne And it to kepe euen to the end my hart will I inclyne verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shall it obey With hart and mind and all my might I will it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lorde I require None other pleasure doo I wishe nor greater thing desire verse 36 Inclyne my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from all filthy auarice and shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vaine desire and worldly lustes turne backe myne eyes and syght Geue me the sprite of lyfe and power to walke thy wayes a ryght verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lorde whiche thou hast made to me Which am thy seruaunt and doo loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproche and shame whiche I so feare from me O Lord expell For thou dost iudge with equitie and therin dost excell verse 40 Beholde my harts desire is bent thy lawes to kepe for aye Lorde strēgthen me so with thy grace that it performe I may The. vi parte VAV verse 41 Thy mercyes great and manifolde let me obteyne O Lorde The sauing health let me enioy accordyng to thy word verse 42 So shall I stop y e slaundrous mouths of leud men and vniust For in thy faithfull promises stand the my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth with in my mouth let euer still be prest For in thy iudgements wonderfull my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while that breath
hathe accomplished his promes and placed his Arke in Sion for the whiche he geueth thankes and prayeth for the prosperitie of the Church I did in hart reioyce to heare y e peples voyce in offering so willingly For let vs vp say they and in the Lordes house pray thus spake the folke full louingly Oure fete that wandred wide shal in thy gates abide O thou Jerusalem full fayre Which arte so semely set muche lyke a Citie net the like wherof is not els where The trybes with one accorde The tribes of God the Lorde Are thither bent theyr way to take So God before did â—ell That there his israell Their prayers shoulde together make For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly Which thrones right to mainteine To dauids house perteine His folke to iudge accordingly To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy friendes God prosper mightely Peace be thy walles about And prosper the throughout Thy places eke continually I wish thy prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That comfort haue by meanes of the. Gods house both me allure Thy welth for to procure So much allwayes as lieth in me Adte leuaui oculos Psalm Cxxiii Th. Stern A praier of the faithfull which are afflicted by the wicked worldelinges and contemners of God O Lord that heuen doest possesse Singe this as the. xxiii psal I lift mine eies to the Euen as the seruant lifteth his his maisters handes to see verse 2 As handmaides watch there maistres handes some grace for to atchiue So we beholde the Lord our God til he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lorde graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouer comen with hatred and despight verse 4 Our mindes be stuffed with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise To make af vs their mocking stock the proude do vs despice Nisi quia dominus Psalm Cxxiiii VV. The people of God beyng delyuered out of a great danger acknowledg not to haue escaped by their owne power but throughe the fauour of God and shew in how greate perill they were NO we Israell may say that truly If that the Lord had not our cause mainteind If that the lord had not our right susteind WheÌ„ all the worlde against vs furiously made their vprors and said we should all die verse 3 Now long a go they had deuoure vs all And swalowed quick for ought y t we could deme Suche was their rage as we might well esteme verse 4 And as the flouddes with mightye force do fall So had they now our life euen brought to thrall verse 5 The raging stremes most proud in roring noice Had long a go ouer whelmde vs in the depe verse 6 But loued by God whiche doth vs safely kepe From bloudy teeth and theyr most cruell voyce Which as a pray to eate vs woulde reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the foulers grenne Escapth away right so it fareth vs Broke are theyr nets and we haue scaped thus verse 8 God that made heauen earth is our help theÌ„ His name hath saued vs from these wicked men Qui confidunt Psalm cxxv VV. K. He describeth the assurance of the faithfull in their aflictions and desireth their welth and the destruction of the wicked SUche as in God the lord do trust as Mount Sion shall firmely stande and be remoued at no hand the Lorde will count them right and iust So that they shall be sure For euer to indure verse 2 As mightye mountains huge and greate Jerusalem about to close So will the Lorde be vnto those who on his godly will doo wayte Suche are to hym so deare they neuer nede to feare verse 3 For though the rightous trye doeth he by making wicked men his rodde Lest they through grief for sake their God it shall not as their lot still be verse 4 Geue Lorde to those thy lyght whose hartes are true and ryght verse 5 But as for such as turne a syde by croked wayes which they out sought The Lorde will surely bryng to nought with workes vile they shall abide But peace with Israell for euermore shall dwel In conuertendo Psalm cxxvi VV. K This Psalme was made after the returne of the people from Babylon and sheweth that the meane of their deliuerance was wonderful after the seuentie yeres of captiuitie forespoken by Ieremie 25. 12. and. 29. 10. WHen that the Lorde again his SioÌ„ had forth brought from bondage great also seruitude extreme his work was suche as did surmount mans hart thought so that we were muche like to them that vse to dreame our mouthes were with laughter filled then and eke our tongues did shew vs ioyfull men The Heathen folke were forced then this to confes How that the Lord for them also great things had don verse 3 But muche more we and therfore can confes no les Wherfore to ioye we haue good cause as we begonne verse 4 O Lorde go forthe thou canst our bondage end As to desertes thy flowing riuers send verse 5 Full true it is that they whiche sow with teares in dede A time will come when they shal reape in mirth ioye verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of their precious sede For that theyr foes full often times did them anoye But their returne with ioye they shall sure see Their sheaues home bryng and not impered be Nisi dominus Palme Cxxvii VV. It is not mannes wit power or labor but the free goodnes of God that geueth ryches preserueth townes and countrepes graunteth noryshment and chyldren EXcept the Lorde the house doo make And therunto doo set hys hande Sing this as the lords praâ—â— What men doo build it can not stand Likewise in vayne men vndertake Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the Lord be their safegard Though ye ryse early in the morne And so at night go late to bed Feding full hardly with browne breade yet were your labor lost and worne But they whom God doth loue and kepe Receyue all thinges with quiet slepe Therfore marke well when euer ye see That men haue heires to enioy their laÌ„d It is the gift of Gods owne hand For God him selfe doth multiplye Of his great liberalitie The blessing of posteritie And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenes In person and comelines So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a most strong arme Flyeth not so swyft nor doth lyke harme Oh well is him that hath his quiuer Fournished with such altilerye For when in perill he shalbe Suche one shall neuer shake nor shiuer When that he pleadeth before the iudge Against his foes which beare him grudg Beati omnes qui timent Psalm cxxviii T. T He describeth the prosperous estate of them that be maryed in the feare of God ioyning with all the promises of Gods blessinges to all them that lyue in thys honorable estate
accordyng to his commaundementes BLessed art thou that fearest God Sing thys as the. cxxxvii and walkest in his way For of thy labor thou shalt eate happye arte thou I say Like frutefull vynes on thy house sydes so doth thy wyfe spryng out Thy children stande lyke Oliue plantes thy table round about Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shall let thee see The promised Ierusalem and hys felicitye Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great ioyes increase And likewyse grace on Israell prosperitie and peace Sepe expugnauerunt Psal. cxxix VV. VV ☞ He admonisheth the churche to reioyce though it haue ben afflicted in all ages for God will delyuer it and the enemies for all their glorious shew shall sodenly be destroyed OF Israell thys may now be the song euē frō my youth my foes haue oft me noted Athousand euils since I was tēdre yonge They haue wrought yet was I not destroyed As yet I beare the marks in bone and skyn that one wold think y t the plow mē w t their plowes Upon my back haue made their balkes far in for like plowd groūd euē so haue I lōg forowes But yet the Lorde which doth all things iustly Hath cut the ropes so stayd the wicked rage Euen so shall all suche perish shamefully Whiche hate Sion or wish it any damage 5 Al such men shalbe lyke the gras that groweth Upon the wales or tops of houses most hye Whiche sodenly or one bewar widereth So that no frute on such herbes can gathered be Neuer man saw that any mower mowed Suche grasse as that or therof his hand did fill Much les that he which glaineth of y t is sowed Under his arme bare some thing his house vntill Nor yet that he that passeth by that way Sayth to the repers God saue you or God spede No no man doth wishe them good lucke I saye Or pray y t God would for their work graunt thēmede Deprofundis clamaui Psalme cxxx VV. VV. An effectuous prayer of hym that for his sinnes had susteyned great afflictions and not withstanding he fully trusteth and assureth him selfe to obteyne mercy and forgeuenes of his synnes and at length deliuereth from all euilles LOrd to the I make my mone whē daūgers me oppres I call I sigh plain and grone Trusting to finde reles Heare now O Lord my request For it is full due tyme And let thyne eares aye be prest vnto thys prayer myne O Lorde our God if thou way our sinnes and them peruse Who shall then escape and say I can my selfe excuse But Lord thou art mercifull and turnest to vs thy grace That we with harts most carefull should feare before thy face In God I put my whole trust my soule wayteth on his wyll For his promise is most iust and I hope therin styll My soule to God hath regarde wishing for him alway More then they that watch and ward to see the dauning day Let Israell then boldly in the Lorde put his trust He is that God of mercy that his deliuer must For he it is that must saue Israell from his sinne And all suche as surely haue their cōfidence in him Domine non est Psalme Cxxxi M. ☞ Dauid charged with ambytion and gredyc desire to raygne protesteth his humilitie and modestye before God and teacheth all men what they should doo O Lorde I am not puft in minde Sing this as the lamentatiō I haue no skornfull eye I doo not exercyse my selfe in thynges that be to hye But as a childe that wayned is euen from his mothers brest So haue I Lorde behaued my selfe in sylence and in rest O Israell trust in the Lorde let hym be all thy stay From this tyme forth for euermore from age to age I say Memento domine Psalme Cxxxii. M. ☞ The faythfull groundyng on Gods promise made vnto Dauid desireth that he would establysh the same bothe as touchyng hys posterytic and the buylding of the temple to praye there as was fore spoken REmēber dauids trobles lord how to the Lord he sware voud a vow to Iacobs god to kepe for euermore I wil not com within my house nor clyme vp to my bed nor let my temples take their rest or the eyes in my hed Till I haue found out for the Lorde a place to set theron An house for Iacobs God to be an habitacyon We harde of it at Ephrata there did we heare this sounde And in the fildes and forrestes there these voyces fyrst were found We will assay and go in nowe his tabernarle there Before his for stole to fall doune apon out knees in feare Artic O Lorde aryse I say into thy restyng place Both thou and the like of thy strengthe the presence of thy grace Let all thy prestes be clothed Lorde with truthe and righteousnes Let all thy sayntes and holy men sing all with ioyfulnes And for thy seruaunt Dauids sake refuse not Lorde I say The face of thyne annoynted Lorde or turn thy face away The Lorde to Dauid swore in truth and will not shrink from it Saying the frute of thy body apon thy seate shall syt And if thy sonnes my couenant kepe that I shall learne eche one Then shall theyr sonnes for euer syt apon thy princely throne The Lorde himselfe hath chose Syon and loue therein to dwell Saying thys is my restyng place I loue and like it well And I will blesse with great increase her vittales euery where And I will satisfye with bread the nedy that be there Yea I will decke and cloth her pristes with my saluation And all her sainctes shall sing for ioye of my protection There will I surely make the horne of Dauid for to bud ▪ For I haue there ordaynde for myne alanthorne bright and good As for his enmyes I will clothe with shame for euermore But I will cause his crowne to shine more fresh then here to fore Ecce quam bonum Psalm cxxxiii VV. VV. ☞ This psalme conteyneth the commendation of godly and brother therly amitie which for thexcellencye therof is compared to the most pretious oyle wherwith the Priestes only and instruments of the tabernacle wer annoynted Exodus xxx O How happye a thyng it is Sing thys as the. cxxxvii and ioyfull for to see Brethern together fast to holde the bande of amitie verse 2 It callth to minde that swete perfume and that costly oyntment Which on the sacrifisers head by Gods precept was spent It wet not Aarons head alone but drencht his beard throughout And finally it did runne down his ritche attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drynke the dew of Hermon hill And Sion with his siluer droppes the fields with fruite doth fill verse 4 Euen so the Lorde doth poure on them his blessings manifold Whose hartes and myndes without all guile this knot doo kepe and hold Ecce nunc Psalme Cxxxiiii VV. K ☞ He exhorteth the Leuites that watch in the temple to prayse the Lorde BEhold
Lorde theyr cruell wordes when as with one accorde They cryed on sack and raze their wals in despite of theyr Lorde verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought And happy shall that man be calld that our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man be calld that taketh thy children yonge To dash theyr bones against hard stones whiche lye the streates amonge Confitebor tibi Psalme Cxxxviii N. ☞ Dauid with greate courage prayseth the goodnes of God toward hym whiche is so greate that it is knowne to forren prynces who shall prayse the Lord together with hym And he is assured to haue lyke comforte of God in the time folowyng as he hathe had here to fore THee will I prayse with my whole hart my Lorde my God alwayes Sing thys as the. cxivii Ps. Euen in the presence of the Gods I will aduaunce thy prayse Towarde thy holy temple I will looke and worship thee And praysed in my thankfull mouth thy holy name shall be Euen for thy louing kindnes sake and for thy truth withall For thou thy name hast by thy worde auaunced ouer all When I did call thou heardest me and thou hast made also The power of encreasced strength within my soule to grow Yea all the kynges on earth they shall geue prayse to thee O Lorde For they of thy most holy mouth haue hard the mightye word They of the wayes of God the Lord in singing shall entreate Because the glory of the Lorde it is exceding great The Lorde is hye and yet he doth beholde the lowly spirite But he contemning knowes a farre the proud and lofty wight Although in middes of trouble I doo walke yet shall I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand vpon the wrath of all my foes and saued shall I be By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his worke to me Thy mercy Lorde endures for ay Lorde doo me not forsake Forsake me not that am the work whiche thine owne hand did make Domine probasti Psalme cxxxix N. ☞ Dauid to clense his harte from all hipocrisie sheweth that there is nothing so hye whiche God seyth not whiche he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of God he protesteth to be enemy to all them that contem God O Lorde thou hast me tryed and knowne my sitting doste thou knew And tysing eke my thoughts a farre thou vnderstandst also My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquaynted with my wayes No word is in my tong O lorde but knowne it is to thee Thou me behinde holdst and before thou layst thy hand on me To wonderfull aboue my reache Lorde is thy cunning skill it is so hie that I the same can not atteyne vntill From sight of thy all seeyng sprite Lorde whether shall I goo Or whether shall I flee away thy presence to scape froe To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lye downe by lowe euen there thou dost appeare Yea let me take the mornings winges and let me goo and hide Euen there where ar the farthest partes where flowing sea doth slide Yea euen thether also shall thy reaching hand me guide And thy ryght hand shall holde me fast and make me to abide yea if I say the darknes shall yet shrowde me from thy sight Loe euen also the darkest night about me shalbe light yea darknes hideth not from thee but night doth shine as day To thee the darknes and the light are bothe alike alway For thou possessed hast my reynes and thou hast couerd me When I within my mothers wombe enclosed was by thee Thee will I prayse made fearfully and wondrously I am Thy works are maruellous right well my soule doth knowe the same My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue ben made and in the earth beneth I shapen was When I was formeles then thyne eye saw me far in thy boke Were written all nought was before that after fashion toke The thoughtes therfore of thee O God bow dere are they to me And of them all how passing great the endles nombers be If I should compt them loe their summe more then the sand I see And whensoeuer I awake yet am I still with thee The wicked and the blody men of that thou woldest slaye Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say Euen those of thee O lord my God that speake full wickedlye These that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and not in earnest wise Contende I Lorde against them all against thee that arise I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes Trye me O God and know my hart my thoughtes proue and disclose Consider Lorde if wickednes in me there any be And in the way O God my guide for euer leade thou me Eripeme Psalme Cxl. N. ☞ Dauid complayneth of the crueltye falshed and iniuryes of his enemies against whiche he prayeth vnto the Lorde and assureth him selfe of hys helpe and succoure Wherfore he prouoketh the iuste to prayse thee and to assure them selues of hys tuicion LOrde saue me from the euill man and from the cruell wight Deliuer me whiche euell doo imagine in their sprite Whiche make on me continuall warre their tonges loe they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lyppes is adders poyson set Kepe me O Lorde from wicked handes preserue me to a bide Free from the cruell man that meanes to cause my steppes to slide The proud haue laid a snare for me and they haue spred a net With cordes in my path way and ginnes for me eke haue they set Therfore I said vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Here me O Lorde oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray and mone O Lord my God thou only art the strength that saueth me My head in day of battell hath ben couerd still by thee Let not O lorde the wicked haue the end of his desire Perform not his wicked thought lest they with pride be set on fyre Of them that compas me about the chefest of them all Lord let the mischef of their lippes vpon them selues befall Let coales fall on them let him cast them in consuming flame And in depe pittes so as they may not rise out of the same For no backbiter shall on earth beset in stable plight And euill to destruction still shall hunt the cruel wight I know the lorde thafflicted will reuenge and iudge the poore The iust shall prayse thy name iust shall dwell with thee euermore Domine clamaui Psalme Cxli. N. ☞ Dauid being greuouslye persecuted vnder Saull onely flicth vnto God to haue succour despring him to bridle his affections that he may paciently abyde 〈◊〉 God take vengeaunce of his enemies O Lord vpon thee doo I cal Lord
hast thee vnto me and herken Lord vnto my voyce when I do crye to thee as inscence let my praiyer be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my hands as euening sacrifice My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watche before And also of my mouing lipppes O lorde kepe thou the dore That I should wicked works commit incline thou not my hart With ill men of their delicates Lorde let me eate no parte But let the righteous suite me Lorde for that is good for me Let him reproue me and the same a precious oyle shall be Suche smiting shall not breake my hed the time shall shortly fall When I shall in their miserye make prayers for them all Then when in stony places downe theyr iudges shalbe cast Then shall they heare my words for then they haue a pleasant tast Our bones about the graues mouth loe scattred are they found As he that heaweth wod or he that diggeth in the ground But O my lorde my God mine eyes doo loke vp vnto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soule forsaken be Whiche they haue layd to catch me in Lorke kepe me from the snare And from the suttle grennes of them that wicked workers are The wicked into their owne nets together let them fall while I doo by thy help escape the danger of them all Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlii. N. ☞ Dauid neither a stonied with feare nor caryed awaye with anger nor forsed by desperation would kyll Saule but with a quyet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue hu◠BEfore the lorde God with my voyce did I send out my crye And with my streamed voyce vnto the lorde God prayed I. My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare And in the presence of the Lorde my trouble did declare Although perplexed were my sprite my pathe was knowne to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layde for me I lookt and vewd on my ryghthand but none there wold me knoo All refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared thoo Then cryed I Lorde to thee and sayde my hope thou only art Thou in the lande of lyuing art my portion and my part Harke to my crye for I am brought full low delyuer me From them that doo me persecute for me to strong they be That I may prayse thy name my soule from prison lord bringe oute When thou art good to me the iust shall prese me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliii N ☞ An earnest prayer for remission of synnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute hym by Gods iust iudgment He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirite that he may spende the rest of hys lyfe in the true fere and seruice of God LOrde heare my prayer harke the playnte That I doo make to thee Lorde in thy natiue truthe and in thy iustice aunswer me In iugement with thy seruant lorde oh enter not at all For iustyfyed be in thy syght no one that lyueth shall The enmie hath pursued my soule my lyfe to ground hath throwne And layde me in the darke like them that dead are longe agone Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spryte And in me was my troubled hart amased and afflight Yet I recorde time past in all thy workes I meditate Yea in the workes I meditate that thy handes haue create To thee O lorde my God loe I doo stretch my crauing hands My soule desyreth after thee as doo the thirstye landes Heare me with spede my sprite doth faile hide not thy face me froe els shall I be like them that downe into the pit doo goe Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare and know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shall goe For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lorde deliuer me From all mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee Teache me to doo thy will for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good sprite vnto the land of misery me conuey with thy names sake with quickning grace a lyue doo thou me make And out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake And for thy mercy slay my foes O lorde destroy them all That doo oppres my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shall Bene dictus dominus Psalme cxliiii N. ☞ Dauid prayseth the Lorde with greate affection and humilitie for hys kyngdome restored and for his victoryes obtayned yet callyng for helpe the destruction of the wicked promisyng to acknowleg the same with song of prayses and declareth wherin the felicytie of anye people consisteth BLest be the lorde my strength that doth instruct my hand to fight The lord that doth my fingers frame to battell by his might He is my Goodnes fort and toure deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yelde O Lord what thing is man that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wyse man is but like to vanitie so pas hys dayes to ende As fleting shade Bow downe O Lorde thy heauens and descend The mountains touche they shal smoke cast fourth thy lightning flame And scatter them thine arrowes shote consume them with the same Send downe thy hand euen from aboue O Lorde delyuer me Take me from waters great from hand of strangers make me free Whose subtle mouth of vanitie and fondnes doth entreate And their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit A new song I will sing O God and singing will I be On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee Euen he it is that only geues deliuerance to kynges Unto hys seruaunt Dauid helpe From hurt full sword he bringes From strangers hand me saue and sheld whoes mouth talkes vanitie And their right hand is a ryght hand of guile and sutteltye That oure sonnes may be as the plants whom growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued corner stones lyke to a palace fayre Our corners full and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousands in our strets ten thousands may abound Our oxen be to labor strong that none doo vs inuade There be no going out no crye within our strets be made The people blessed are that with such blessings are so stered Yea blessed all the people are whose God is God the lorde Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ☞ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderfull prouidence of God as well in gouerning man as in preseruing al the rest of his creatures He praiseth God for his iustice and mercie but specially for hys louyng kindnes toward those that call vpon him that feare hym and loue hym THee will I laude my God kyng bles thy name for aye for euer wil I prayse thy name and bles thee day by day great is the Lord most worthy
praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name
yong men and maides Olde men and babes Doo ye the same For his name shall we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure he shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His sainctes all shall forthtell His prayse and worthines The children of Israell Eche one both more and les And also they That with good will His wordes fulfyll And him obey Cantate dominum Psalme exlix N. ☞ An exhortation to the churche to prayse the Lorde for hys victorye and conquest that he geueth his fainctes against all mans power SIng ye vnto the Lorde our God a new reioysing song And let the prayse of him be heard his holy sainctes among Let Israell reioyse in him that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyfull in their king Let them sound prayse with voyce of flut vnto his holy name And with the timbrell and the harpe sing prayses of the same For why the Lorde his pleasure all hath in his peoyle set And by deliuerance he will rayse the meke to glory great With glory and with honor now let all the sainctes reioyse And now aloude vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lorde And in their handes eke let them beare a dooble edged sworde To plage the Heathen and correct the people with theyr handes To bind their stately kinges in chaines their lordes in iron bandes To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor all his sainctes shall haue prayse ye the lorde therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ☞ An exhortacion to prayse the Lorde without sease by all maner of wayes for all hys mightye and wonderfull workes YElde vnto God the mightye Lorde prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in the firmament that shewes his power on hie Aduaunce hys name and prayse hym in his mightye actes alwayes According to his excellencye of greatnes geue him praise His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding tropet blowe Praise him vpon the viole and vpon the harp also Praise him with timbrell and with flute orgaines and virginalles With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him with loud cimballs What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the lorde To praise the name of God the lorde agree with one accord ☞ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in meter The. x. Commaundements of almightie God Exodus xx VV. VV. AT tend my people geue eare of ferly things I wil thee tel {punctel} Se that my words in mind thou bear And to my precepts listen wel I am thy Souerayne Lorde and God Whiche haue thee brought from carefull thrall And eke reclaymed from Pharos rod. Make thee no Gods on them to call Nor facyoned forme of any thyng In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plages this syn will smite Take not in vayne his holy name Abuse it not after thy will For so thou might soone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spill The Lorde from worke the seuenth day cest And brought all thinges to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hests ye may attend Unto thy parents honor geue As Gods commaundements doo pretende That thou long dayes and good maies liue In earth where God a place doth lende Beware of muder and cruell hate All fylthy fornication feare Se thou steale not in any rate False witnes against no man beare Thy neyghbors house with not to haue His wyfe or ought that he caleth mine His field his oxe his asse his sclaue Or any thing whiche is not thine A prayer The sprit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our harts restore And cause vs all with one accorde To magnifie thy name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy will Thy might therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfyll Lorde for thy names sake graunt vs thys Thou art our strength oh Sauior Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in eche respect And with thy holy sprite alwayes The comforter of thine elect The Lordes Prayer D. Coxe OUr father which in heauen art And makst vs all one brotherhod to call vpon thee with one harte Our heauenly Father our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctifyed Thy holy worde mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifye thy holy name From all errours defend and keye the litle flock of thy poore shepe Thy kyngdom come euen at this houre And henceforth euerlastyngly thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his gifts most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hande Thy will be donne with diligence like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience thee to obey in wealth and wo let not flesh bloud or any ill Preueile againste thy holy wyll Geue vs this day our dayly bread And all other good giftes of thyne kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes derth and Pine that we may liue in quietnes Without all gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences all Releue oure carefull conscience As we forgeue bothe great and small which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs lorde for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnitie O lorde into temptacion Leade vs not when the find doth rage to with stande his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age Arme and make strong thy feble host with fayth and with thy holy ghost O Lorde from euill delyuer vs The dayes and times are daungerous From euerlastyng deathe saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed ende to vs bequeath Into thy hands our soules receyue For thou O Lorde art king of kinges And thou hast power ouerall Thy glory shineth in all thinges In the wide world vniuersall Amen Let it bedone O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord The. xii Articles of the christian Faythe ALl my belief and confidedce Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day eke the night the heauēs the firmament and also many a star the earth and all that is therin which passe mās reason far And in lyke maner I beleue In Chryste oure Lorde hys sonne Coequall with the deitie And man in flesh and bone Conceyued by the holy Ghost His word doth me assure And of his mother Mary borne yet she a Uirgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was For sinne in bonde and thrall He came and offred vp him selfe To death to saue vs all And suffering most greuous paine Then Pilate beyng iudge Was crucifyed on the cros And therat did not grudge And so
another we doo not only make request O Lord for ourselues and them that thou hast alreadie called to the true vnderstanding of thy heauenly wil but for all people and Nations of the world who as they knowe by thy wonderfull workes that thou art god ouer al So they may be instructed by thy holy spirite to beleue in thee theyr only Sauior and redemer But for as much as they cānot beleue except they heare nor can not heare but by preachyng and none can preache excepte they be sent therfor O Lorde raise vp faithfull destributers of thy misteries who setting apartal worldly respectes may bothe in their life and doctryne only seeke thy glorye Contrarylye confound Sathan Antichriste with all hierlinges whom thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sēce that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiet thy littell flocke And because O Lorde we be fallen into the latter dayes daungerous tymes wherin ignoraunce hathe gotten the vpper hande and Sathan by his ministeres seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospel we besech the to maintaine thy cause against those rauening wolues and strengthen all thy seruauntes whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion either to encrease theyr tirannye or to discourage thy childrē nether yet let our sinnes and wickednes be a hinderance to thy mercies but with spede O Lorde consider these great miseries For thy people Israel many times by theyr sinnes prouoked thine anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgemente yet though their sinnes wer neuer so greuous if they once returned from their iniquitie thou receiuedst them to mercye We therfore moste wretched synners be wayle our manifolde sinnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wickennes and vngodly behauior towards thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humblie beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercyes vpon vs and receyue vs agayne to thy fauour Graunt vs deare father these oure requests and all other thinges necessary for vs thy whole churche according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our Lorde In whose name we beseche thee as he hath taught vs saying Oure father c. A prayer to be sayde before meales ALl thinges depende vpon thy prouidence O Lord to receiue at thy handes due sustenāce in time conuenienie Thou geuest to them they gather it thou openest thy hand and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father whiche art the fountaine ful treasure of all good nes we besech thee to shew thy mercyees vpon vs thy children and sanctifye these giftes whiche we receiue of thy merciful liberalitie graunt vs grace to vse them soberlye and purely according to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we may acknowledge thee to be the author and geuer of all good things and aboue all that we may remember continually to seke the spiritual fode of thy word wherwith our soules may be norished euerlastingly throughe oure sauior Christe who is the true breade of lyfe whiche came downe from heauen of whom whoso euer eateth shall lyue for euer and reigne with him in glory worlde without ende So be it ☞ A thankes geuing after meales LEt all nations magnifye the Lorde let all people reioyce in praysing extollyng his great mercyes For his fatherly kindnes is plentyfully shewed forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise indureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde god for the manifold benefites whiche we continually receaue at thy bountifull hande not only for that it hath pleased thee to fede vs in this present life geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies facioned vs a new into an assured hope of a farre better lyfe the whiche thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Ghospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer oure affections to bee so intangled or roted in these earthly and corruptible thinges but that we maye alwayes haue oure mindes directed to thee on high continually watching for the comming of oure Lorde and Saiuour Chryste what tyme he shall appeare for oure full redemption To whom with thee and the holye Ghoste be all honor and glory for euer and euer So be it A nother thankes geuing before meate ETernall and euer liuing God Father of oure Lord Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankinde haste appointed to his sustenance not only the frutes of thearth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of thearth and fishes of the sea and hast commaūded thy benefites to be receyued as from thy hāds with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane all things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctified by thy word and by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderatly to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies beyng refreshed the soules may be more hable to procede in all good works to the prayse of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Sobeit Oure Father whiche art in heauen c. Another THe eyes of all things doo loke vp and trust in thee O Lord thou geuest them meat in due season thou openest thy hand and fillest with thy blessinge euery liuing creature good Lorde bles vs and all thy giftes which we receyue of thy large liberalitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Sobeit Our father c. Another thanks geuing after meat GLorye prayse and honor be vnto thee moste merciful omnipotent Father who of thyne infinite goodnes hast created man to thyne owne image similitude who also hast fed dayly fedest of thy most bountiful hand all liuing creatures graunt vnto vs that as thou hast norished these oure mortall bodies with corporall foode so thou woldest replenish our soules with the perfet knowledge of the liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus to whom be prayse glorye and honor for euer Sobeit ☞ God saue the Church vniuersall our Quene and Realme God comforte all them that be comfortles Lord increase our faith O Lord for christ thy sōnes sake be mercifull to the cōmon wealths where thy Gospell is truely preached and harbor graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and illuminate according to thy good pleasure all nations with the bryghtnes of thy word So beit Another THe God of glory and peace who hath created redemed and presently fed vs be blessed for euer and euer Sobeit The God of all power who hathe called frō death that great pastor of the shepe our Lorde Iesus comfort and defend the flock whiche he hathe redemed by the bloud of the eternall Testamente increase the number of true Preachers repres the rage of obstinate tirants mitigate and lightē the hartes of the ignorant relieue the paynes of suche as be afflicted but especially of those that suffer for the testimony of thy truth and finally cōfoūd Sathan by
the power of our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen Euening prayer O Lorde God Father euerlasting full of pitie we acknowledge and confesse that we be not worthy to lyft vp our eyes to heaueÌ„ muche les to presente our selues before thy maiestie with confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers and graunt our requestes if we consider oâ—â—e owne deseruinges for oure conciences doo accuse vs and our sinnes witnes against vs we know that thou art an vpright iudge which dost not iustifye the sinners and wicked men but punishest the fautes of all such as transgres thy commaundements Yet most mercifull father since it hathe pleased thee to commaunde vs to call on thee in aloure troubles and aduersities promising euen theÌ„ to help vs when wefele our selues as it wer swalowed vp of death and desperation we vtterly renounce all worldly confydence and flee to thy so-souerayne bountie as our only stay and refuge beseching thee not to call to remembraunce our manifolde sinnes and wickednes wherby we contynuallye prouoke thy wrathe and indignation againste vs neyther oure negligence and and vnkindnes whiche haue neyther worthely estemed nor in our liues sufficiently expressed the swete coÌ„fort of thy Gospell reueled vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ who by offring vp his body in sacrifice once for all hathe made a sufficient recompence for all our sinnes Haue mercy therfore vpon vs O lord and forgeue vs our offences Teache vs by thy holy spirite that we may rightly wey them and earnestly repent for the same And so much the rather O Lorde because that the reprobate and suche as thou hast for saken cannot prayse thee nor call vpon thy name but the repenting hart the sorow full minde the conscience oppressed hungring and thirsting for thy grace shal euer set forth thy praise and glory And albeit we be but worms and dust yet thou arte oure creator and we be the worke of thy handes yea thou art oure father and we thy children thou art oure shepeherd and we thy flock thou art our redemer and we the people whoÌ„ thou hast bought thou art oure God and we thyne inheritaunce Correct vs not therfore in thine anger O Lorde neither according to our desertes punish vs but mercifully chastyce vs with a fatherly affection that all the worlde may knowe that at what time soeuer a sinner doth repent him of hys sinne from the bottom of his hart thou wilt put a way his wickednes out of thy remembraunce as thouhast promised by thy holy prophet Finally for asmuche as it hathe pleased thee to make y e night for maÌ„ to rest in as thou hast ordayned him the day to trauel graunt o deare father that we may so take our bodely rest y t oure soules may continually watch for the time that our lord Iesus christ shall appeare for our deliuerance out of this mortall lyfe and in the meane season that we not ouercomen by any fantasies dreames or other temptations may fully set our mindes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee furthermore that our slepe be not excessiue or ouermuche after the insaciable desires of our flesh but onelye sufficient to contente oure weake nature that we may be better disposed to lyue in all godly conuersatyon to the glory of thy holy name and profit of oure brethren Sobeit A godly Prayer to be sayd at all tymes HOnor and prayse be geuen to thee O Lorde God almightie most deare Father of heaueÌ„ for all thy mercies and louing kindnes shewed vnto vs in that it hathe pleased thy gratious goodnes frely and of thine owne accorde to elect and chose vs to saluation before the beginning of the worlde and euen like continull thankes be geueÌ„ to the for creating vs after thine owne image for redeming vs with the precious bloude of thy deare some when we were vtterly lost for sanctifying vs with thy holy spirit in the releuing and succoring vs in all our nedes and necessities for sauing vs from aldaungers of body and soule for comforting vs so fatherly in all oure tribulations and persecutions for sparing vs so long and geuyng vs so large a tyme of repentance These benefites O most mercifull father like as we know ledg to haue receyued them of thy only goodnes euen so we beseche thee for thy dere sonne Iesus Christes sake to graunte vs alwayes thy holy spirite wherby we may continually grow in thankfulnes towardes thee to be led into all truth and comforted in all our aduersities O Lorde strengthen our faith kindle it more in feruentnes loue towardes thee and our neyghbours for thy sake Suffer vs not most deare Father to receyue thy worde any more in vaine but graunt vs alwayes the assistance of thy grace and holy spirite that in hart worde and dede we maye sanctifye and doo worship to thy name Helpe to amplifie increase thy kingdome and what so euer thou sendest we may be hartely well contente with thy good pleasure and will Let vs not lack the thynge O Father without the whych we can not serue the but blesse thou soo all the workes of our handes that we may haue sufficiente and not to be chargeable but rather helpefull vnto others be mercifull O Lord to our offences and seyng our det is great whiche thou haste for geuen vs in Iesus Christe make vs toloue thee and our neyghbors so muche the more Be thou our Father our captayne and defender in all temptations holde thou vs by thy mercyfull hand that we may be deliuered from all inconueniences and end our lyues in the sanctifying honor of thy holy name through Iesu Christ our Lord and only sauior Sobe it Let thy mightie hand and out stretched arme O Lorde be still oure defence thy mercy and louyng kindnes in Iesu Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true and holy woord our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comforte and consolatioÌ„ vnto the ende and in the ende Sobe it O Lorde increase our fayth A confession of all estates and tymes O Eternall God and most mercifull father we confesse and acknowledg heare before thy diuine maiestie that we are miserable synners conceyued and borne in sinne and iniquitye so that in vs there is no goodnes For the flesh euermore rebelleth agaynst the spirite wherby we continually transgres thy holy precepts and commaundemeÌ„ts so purchase to our selues through thy iust iudgement deathe and damnation Notwithstanding O heauenly father for asmuche as we are displeased with oure selues for the synnes that we haue committed against thee and do vnfeynedly repent vs of the same we most humblye beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shewthy mercy on vs to forgeue vs al our sinnes and to increase our holy spirite in vs that we acknowledgyng from the botome of our hartes our owne vnrighteousnes may from henceforth not only mortifie our sinful lusts and affections but also bring forth such frutes as may be agreable